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Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

10,000 Birds

Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S. They start out in New York City, climbing a skyscraper to see a Peregrine Falcon, the world’s fastest-moving bird, diving at almost 200 miles an hour after a pigeon.

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Weavers

10,000 Birds

Image taken by Adam Riley in Tanzania. Image taken by Adam Riley in Tanzania. Bubalornis – the black Buffalo Weavers A male Red-billed Buffalo Weaver photographed in Tanzania by Adam Riley The two species of black buffalo weavers are large, noisy birds of drier areas of East and southern Africa. Image by Adam Riley in Namibia.

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