10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2011

Phoebe, Liam and I went down to work (and play) in January 2011 at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival , and it was the highlight of our winter. My birder’s brain struggled mightily to reconcile the odd shapes in the sky with any known species, but their call brought it all back. It’s a three-year seagle.

Florida 145

Florida Tail Banding Ohio Ducks 145

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2011

On October 15-16th, 2011 Nikon Birding teamed up with Hawk Mountain and Cabela’s to host a blow-out weekend focusing on raptors. 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?

Hamburgers 176

Hamburgers Tail Banding Philadelphia United States 176

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2012

But, before Jerry Liguori’s wonderful photographic guides of Hawks at a Distance (2011) and Hawks from Every Angle (2005) and before Clark and Wheeler’s classic Field Guide to Hawks of North America (2nd ed., ” There are the classic field marks, size of head and shape of tail, but, we are told, never rely on just one or two features!

North America 221

North America Bald Eagle Eagles Tail Banding 221