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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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The Accounts utilize the “user-friendly” field guide sequence proposed in “The Purpose of Field Guides: Taxonomy vs. Utility” by Howell and five other notable birding authors ( Birding , 2009^). Fantasy is the key word here. Doing this work takes time! Press, 1995 ^Howell, Steve N.G., 4 (July 2013), pp. 351-368.

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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

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Back in 2009, Tai Haku sent us a fascinating post exploring a question that ecologists worldwide grapple with: can the translocation of rare species into niches left empty by extinction be successful or justified? (For … Conservation Extinction Week Puerto Rico rails' Come back, click through, read, learn.