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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

New World Vultures are their own family, Cathartidae, that has moved around a bit with the proliferation of genetic testing such that for a while they were thought to be allied with storks, but is now pretty well within, but not too within, the other diurnal raptors. Hooded Vultures , photo by Adam Riley. Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. Because, as this book demonstrates so well, it is sometimes important to look back in order to move forward. It’s a very mixed chapter.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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