Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers…

27 November 2025

Every day should be a day of thanksgiving, but today is the day for my American readers to spend time with family and friends over the traditional Thanksgiving dinner. It will be a day of good food, laughs, and I hope glorious reflection on all those things that we have to be grateful for – and, if you look closely, you will find that we have many.

I am grateful to each of you, no matter where you live. Thank you for being part of this wonderful family that is Bird World and most of all for caring for our beautiful raptors. I am also thankful for your letters, news stories that are of interest to everyone and your supportive notes throughout the year. My life would not be the same without each of you.

I want to single out a few individuals who would add much to my blog over the year, if I might. To SK Hideaways for their videos – thank you. To ‘A’ for their knowledge and commentary on all that is happening at the Australian nests, we are grateful, and we hope that we don’t hear anything from you about the Collins Street falcons any further this year. To Heidi, well, thank you is never enough. You chase after so many eggs for our research and keep track of what is going on in the NE USA alongside your migration counts. So proud of you and happy that our lives crossed. I am grateful to Geemeff for their ongoing reporting on Loch Arkaig during the season.

Be grateful and smile – and, one last bit of news. Gabby and Beau have their second egg as of 2008 on the 26th of November. Well done.