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

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Yet they also bring up questions, which I’m going to talk about right now before diving into the specifics of the guides themselves. I think we do have the right to expect that artwork and species descriptions when repeated are current, reflect recent studies and taxonomic thought. © 2023 by Steve N.

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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or in the Land of Coffee and Chocolate

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There was a Gartered Trogon right above me, and one cooperative Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth on a cecropia tree, raising its head to smile at us. A group (maybe 4-5 ex.) At the Pacuare river bank there was a group of rafters getting ready to tackle the noisy waves. 2010; Macaw Recovery Network 2019).

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. Schulman, 2010. Photo taken at the Sandy Hook, N.J. NOT IN THE BOOK.

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The Endangered Andean Flamingo

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Egg harvesting to sell as food was intensive then, with thousands taken annually from the breeding colonies in Chile. Andean Flamingoes and Chilean Flamingo (far right) (Photo: Ron Knight – Flickr). The initial decline in the Andean Flamingo’s population appears to have started as early as the mid 20th Century.

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America & Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America: A Field Guide Review

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This is described in the Introduction under “Identifying the Age and Sex of Birds”: terms such as “immature” have been replaced with age groupings such as juvenile, adult, first-winter, first-summer, etc. Text for the species accounts are on the right-hand page.

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Gulls Simplified: A Gull Book Review

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You could say that the right-brain, the part of the brain that is intuitive and creative, goes first, and the left-brain, where the logic resides, comes in second to refine and substantiate the initial impression. Five species are grouped in a chapter titled (4) Dark Horse Gulls (Rare or Unlikely Gulls).

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Mitochondrial mysteries and splitting-lumping Yellow-rumped Warblers

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There are four generally recognized groups within the complex, “ Myrtle ” ( coronata ) of eastern and northern North America, “ Audubon’s ” ( auduboni ) of the western United States and western Canada, “ Black-fronted ” ( nigrifrons ) of Mexico, and “ Goldman’s ” ( goldmani ) of Guatemala.