TEST Falcons Family Species 
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2019
” Glancing at the man who’d interrupted, I remembered exactly how his family first made their money and decided to move ahead quickly. “We’ll take the Peregrine Falcon ,” at least seven voices said at once. That species could use a cash infusion right away.” No brand recognition at all.”
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2017
The guide presents 69 species and 1 subspecies, from “NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes” to “OSPREY: Pandioninae” to “FAMILY: Accipitridae” (Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Hawk-Eagles), to “FALONIDS: Falconidae” (Falcons, Forest-Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels, Merlin). That’s a lot of visual information!
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10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
The smellier the better, particularly as, unusually for birds, many species can boast a robust sense of smell. In any case, our hang-ups with vultures clearly stem from our own issues rather than any inherently bizarre trait of the species themselves. Vultures famously feed on carrion. Dead things. millions years ago.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2019
We are entering the mixed colony of 11 species ( Grey , Squacco , Purple and Black-crowned Night Herons ; Great , Little and, recently, Cattle Egrets ; Eurasian Spoonbill (below) and Glossy Ibis ; Pygmy and Great Cormorant ). I do have experience with this species from Bodrum, Turkey; it is daring, bold and cocky, and is impossible to forget.
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2013
and the people who run it are almost like family. And there’s the possibility of 30 endemic species, not to mention what cool thing might zip up over the Mexican border. There are very few that stand the test of time. I do have an outline for a peregrine falcon book…and a birder erotica book. If not, why the omission?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2021
Colombia is one of those countries that Dragan’s dreams are made of: it has 1,965 bird species – more than any other country in the world. Among them are 94 endemics and 101 near-endemics, four introduced species and only 42 vagrants. No matter how big your avian-related library is, this would be a terrific addition to it.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 31, 2021
Then we relocated to a spot where people were seeing several and arrived just in time to see the last one present get snatched by a Peregrine Falcon. It’s a horrible photo but if you squint you may be able to make out the dead Dovekie in the falcon’s talons in this image. A striking species in full adult plumage?
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