10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2014

Or maybe you’re visiting Belize, Guatemala, Paraguay, or the Bahamas? The last-of-its-kind bird that may have inspired the animated movie Rio is an ex-parrot. Eurasian Blackbirds living in cities have learned to keep their cool, compared with rural birds. Planning on birding Kenya? Then you’ll want to check out this new book.

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San Jose Parrots Kenya Paraguay 160

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2011

Big, bold, beautiful parrots full of character and charm, macaws make us long for some of the world’s wildest places and assure us that, as long as they fly free, those magical wild places are still intact. Hyacinth Macaws © Michel Gunther / WWF-Canon Hyacinth Macaws , like parrots the world over, face threats from every side.

Protection 191

Protection Brazil Parrots Paraguay 191

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2014

It is also perhaps the best place in Brazil to see White-fronted Woodpecker , a specialty more typical of the Chaco of Paraguay and Argentina which occurs in small numbers at Pousada Piuval. Alas, it was over too soon.

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Brazil Birds Blackbirds Paraguay 165