While I was at the Cape May Autumn Birding Festival, there was major chatter about a Swainson’s hawk spotted in the area, ...

Individual identification is important for ... and bands that are too large may become caught on items in a bird's enclosure, leading to soft tissue injuries, fractures or even death 1.

At sea, however, we were in the true home of seabirds -- large flocks near land ... (at that time hunters were allowed to kill birds for their feathers). Short-tails are now increasing, but ...