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Springtime in Canada Geese Country

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Normally, I don’t look forward to seeing the Canada Geese on the lake near my Florida home. The adults have been paired off for months, building nests in the grassy edges of the lake (except one pair, who nested in a wooden pail at the end of someone’s dock) and finally the adorable babies emerged from their cream-colored eggs.

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The Amusing Case of the Gulf Breeze Zoo Canada Geese

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The Canada Goose sits on its nest of pine cones. With so much to look at, you wouldn’t think my eyes would be drawn to a pine cone nest on the ground, complete with a Canada Goose parent shielding her delicate eggs from the nearby antelope species. The Canada Geese (on the right side) show no fear.

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Watching a Red-tailed Hawk nest

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I have been watching them each year from our 18th-floor condo in Toronto, Canada. I’ve read that both parents will incubate the eggs, but I like to think that the female is more likely to be doing that. I saw her poking around in the nest which made me think she was turning the eggs. Also, he defended their territory.

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What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest: A KidLit Bird Book Review

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With her drawing of embryo development inside the egg, Ignotofsky noted that she likes when “I get to draw gross things and make it pretty.” addresses far more than nests, including sections on courtship, song, pair bonding, egg development, food, predators, bird growth, anatomy and feather development, migration and the cycle of life.

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Saving the Spotted Owl—Zalea’s Story: A KidLit Bird Book Review

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Canadian artist Alexandra Finkeldey ’s illustrations capture that incredible cuteness, while her intricate work for the sections such as the breeding center, egg development, and life cycle ground the book in its nonfiction reality. From an art perspective, there’s not much cuter than a baby owl, with all its fluff and roundness and big eyes.

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The Changing Fortunes of Europe’s Vultures – Part 1

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Although his back garden is Gibraltar and the Strait of Gibraltar, Clive has an intimate knowledge of Iberian birds but his work also takes him much further afield, from Canada to Japan to Australia. The chicks need six months to develop so the adults lay their eggs in January. He is the Director of the Gibraltar National Museum.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.

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