In an effort to try something different, I thought I'd team with the Princeton University Press on a blog tour of Richard Crossley's new raptor ID book.

On Friday, I'll post a page of the book's illustrations of Red-shouldered Hawks, in honor of Allendale's own celebrated family of Red-shoulders.

I thought it would be a nice fit, since Red-shoulders -- and especially young Red-shoulders -- can be hard to ID...

More on the blog tour is here.