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It’s Nestcam Season—Take Your Pick and Take a Peek!

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Falcon Cam at Bowling Green State University in Ohio sheds light on the nesting habits of the school’s mascot, a Peregrine Falcon and her mate. And, of course, no list of bird cams would be complete without Audubon’s Puffin Loafing Ledge. Okay, so the Puffins aren’t back yet … but you won’t want to miss them when they return!).

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Quoth the Ravens: We’re Ready for Our Close-up

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There are hawk cams , falcon cams , puffin cams , tern cams , heron cams , and even Osprey cams. You’ve probably heard of many different kinds of bird cams—web feeds that spy on the inner lives of birds.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator Slang

10,000 Birds

Some abbreviations roll off your tongue and are thus quite helpful – Mourning Doves are MODOs, Peregrine Falcons are PEFAs, Mississippi Kites are MIKIs. Maureen Eiger categorizes any unidentifiable featherless nestlings as “ Tufted Puffins ;” to Letitia Labbie, they’re “Eggs With Legs.”.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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His musings on falconry in Medieval times begin with the Bayeux Tapestry, which tells the story of the Norman Conquest and is full of birds, including hawks and falcons on the wrists of the main contenders.

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

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Having shown us the bird, the boat, and the water, Fox then introduces herself: “Albatrosses, petrels, fulmars, puffins and gulls live out their lives along these transect lines; my job is to count them all.”. Northern Fulmar, image courtesy of Peter Hodum. ” There are amazing stories here.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

10,000 Birds

There is no place that compares to Maine with its rocky shorelines, freezing waters populated by wintering alcids, offshore islands filled with nesting Atlantic Puffins, mixed and boreal forests (the most forested state in the U.S., Some birds are put next to each other to aid in the identification process, for example, falcons follow hawks.

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What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

10,000 Birds

The essays are arranged in almost AOS taxonomic order, with changes made to lessen confusion for new birders–falcons are grouped with hawks, all water birds come before land birds, etc. Some of the chapters focus on a specific bird, most are about bird families like hawks, tanagers, wrens, etc.,

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