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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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Weidensaul worked on the first research project in Argentina 24 years ago, and his memories of that time in the pampas are both a baseline for what has happened since, a mini-story in itself, and a tribute to Pete Bloom and Brian Woodbridge, the wildlife biologists who originated the study of Swainson’s Hawks in Butte Valley.

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Of Whiskey Jacks and Water Ouzels

10,000 Birds

Peregrine Falcon is certainly more elegant than Duck Hawk. Once known as the Canada Jay, but more interestingly by such tags as Camp Robber and Venison Hawk for its habit of hanging around humans and viewing them as a food source. photos courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Issues like taxonomy take the back seat.

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