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Araucana Lodge in Colombia

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10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. Yes, just imagine a luxurious birding lodge, with all the amenities, easy to get to, great birding and gourmet farm to table meals from our organic garden.

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Bird of the Year?

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I began recording my bird sightings with photographs in late 2009, and since then I have seen (or at least heard) a fair proportion of species recorded within my home country of Trinidad & Tobago. Nature is an infinitely unpredictable organism and I’m happy to bird naturally. Well, let me explain.

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Humane Society University to Offer Courses in Fall 2009

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The HSUS is the first animal welfare organization to receive such authority and distinction. nonprofit organizations that seek to protect, provide services to or advocate for animals, and to advance scholarship in the field.

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My eBird 10th Anniversary

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According to eBird , I have been an eBirder since December 23, 2009, so today is my 10th eBird anniversary. Because eBird has so much data that can be organized and displayed in so many ways, it is easy to find fascinating information. One way to view the data is to organize your “World Life List” by date. and Canada.

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Great Potoo at Pico Bonito

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Pico Bonito, Honduras, March 2009 On our way to the lovely Lodge at Pico Bonito on the edge of Pico Bonito National Park in northern Honduras, Robert Gallardo, the organizer of the Mesoamerican Birding Festival and the post-festival familiarity trip that I am currently experiencing, let us all know that a Great Potoo ( Nyctibius grandis ) had been (..)

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eBird Profile Pages and the Power of Suggestion

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According to eBird , I have been entering checklists since December 23, 2009, and I find it an incredibly useful way to maintain my lists, plan birding travel, and keep up on my favorite hotspots. eBird automatically organizes my observations by country, state, and county, and keeps running totals for my life and year lists.

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Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds: An Identification Guide?A Book Review

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The introductory material is organized and written clearly, giving both background on the bird families and an explanation of how species-level is organized in the next two sections. Species Accounts are organized by family and genus. Introduction. From species account for Magnificent Bird of Paradise, Cicinnurus magnificus (pp.

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