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What is the National Bird of Honduras?

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Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. Though Scarlet Macaws are threatened in Honduras there is hope that they will get protection and recover at least some of their numbers and former range. These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Last Weekend of November 2009?

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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of March 2011?

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Or These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of December 2009? OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Thanks for visiting! RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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Read Tim’s account and enjoy his (and the Tambopata Macaw Project’s Alan Lee’s) photos judge for yourself… (NOTE: we first published this post in January 2009 but have to run it again because it is so good!) OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more!

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009?

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Orange-headed Thrush

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Redgannet (the blog) fledged in February 2009 and the 100th post was published as he was invited to become a beat writer for 10,000 Birds. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Thanks for visiting! RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Spotted Thick-knee

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Redgannet (the blog) fledged in February 2009 and the 100th post was published as he was invited to become a beat writer for 10,000 Birds. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Thanks for visiting! RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Getting out of line

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By building nests out over the swamp, the birds benefit from the protection offered by the alligators in deterring predators such as raccoons and snakes. Redgannet (the blog) fledged in February 2009 and the 100th post was published as he was invited to become a beat writer for 10,000 Birds. Thanks for visiting! The proposal from U.S.

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