10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ) at Delevan NWR (click on photos for full sized images). I’m sure most of you know that the Peregrine Falcon became an endangered species because of the use of organochlorine pesticides, especially DDT, during the 1950′s, 60′s, and 70′s. Love those talons!

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Falcons Wildlife Sacramento Endangered Species 133

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2015

Macdonald is, among her many accomplishments, a falconer. White, who wrote The Once and Future King and The Sword and the Stone , and who was also a falconer – but a very, very bad one. So what’s wrong with the book? Her autobiographical story alternates with her meditations on T.H.

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Falcons Michael Vick Whales Whaling 214

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

I wish the flight images for the hawks, falcons, parakeets, and parrots were larger. However, I do think that there are illustrations here that suffer from washed-out blacks and whites that almost blend into the background. Exceptions are images of birds in flight and behavioral vignettes, which are smaller.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 212

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

The Management are still in Africa, suffering the buffering that comes with remoteness. Red-necked Falcon – Falco chicquera. Lanner Falcon – Falco biarmicus. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 26 Nov 2019.

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2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 137