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The Extreme Raptor Weekend Round-Up

10,000 Birds

The cool thing was that Jonathon Wood of The Raptor Project had a number of birds present and he would present many different facts about each species. What can you notice about the tail of this bird? The uneven tail bands are usually a dead giveaway for Coop’s. The edge of the retrices look to be a sharp 90 dg.

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The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

A good state bird guide needs to offer details about a bird’s look, sound, behavior and habitat in language that is specific enough to differentiate the bird from similar-looking species, but nonscientific enough not to intimidate novice birders. Species are organized in American Ornithologists’ Union taxonomic order.