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Responsible Birding in Colombia with Jaguarundi Travel

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I have a bachelor’s degree in Ecology and after I graduated from university, I became a researcher in nature and cultural affairs, working with renowned experts and contributing to their projects. The beautiful White-tipped Quetzal, one of the Endemic Birds of the Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia.

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide–A Book Review

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Still, I have been stuck trying to identify a dragonfly I photographed in 2010. The Introduction also offers diagrams and photographs showing odonate morphology (parts of the body and wings), including close-ups of abdomen tips; this is essential information to know for photography and identification. BACK OF BOOK MATERIAL.

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Birding Technology – The New Citizen Science

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Citizen science is a term used for the systematic collection and analysis of data and the dissemination of such data by researchers on a primarily voluntary basis. Individuals or networks of volunteers, many of whom may have no formal scientific training, perform research-related tasks such as observation, measurement, or computation.

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Snowy Owl Ethics

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He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. This can also come in the form of crowdsourcing identification tips on unknown birds. 1999, Holt et al. Demarest, W. Gustafson, E. Iñigo-Elias, E.

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Searching for the Elusive and Less-Colorful: The Sinaloa Martin

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They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. Despite extensive research Lethaby and King (2010) found few records and conclude that this species is rare indeed. Kathi Borgmann and Josh Beck are living the dream of many a North American birder.

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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Using the Birds of Peru field guide to identify a species of antshrike This course has three admirable objectives: To train the next generation of Neotropical bird researchers, both international and Peruvian, in efficient and standardised mist-netting, bird ringing/banding, and bird ageing skills. Hat-tip to Stella. Wicked, right?

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Florida’s Mysterious Wintering Brown-crested Flycatchers

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With some research, I ended up with more questions than answers, making these birds all the more interesting! Elsewhere in the southern peninsula, the bird winters only sporadically (such as the two birds at Matheson Hammock of January-March 2010) and can only be described as occasional elsewhere in the Florida peninsula.

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