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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Tweeters,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I recently finished a book that I found quite charming: <u>A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life ande Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey</u> by Jonathan Meiburg. The birds in question are caracaras. It starts and ends with the Striated Caracara, which I imagine most of us have not seen. But along with talking about caracaras, Meiburg also discusses people who have been interested in caracaras over the years, like Charles Darwin, William Henry Hudson, an Argentinian-American, who lived much of his life in England, many people who have done research on caracaras, etc. He also mentions the Crested Caracara that appeared in Washington State a few years back. One of my favorite parts of the book was a detailed description of a long trip Meiburg took up the Rewa River in Guyana to see Red-throated and Black Caracaras.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> So my apologies if Ian Paulsen has already reviewed this book. I enjoyed it and you might too! Charlotte Byers, Edmonds<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>