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

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Bat Falcon is a “Handsome small falcon of humid forest and edge, adjacent clearings, semi-open areas with scattered trees and forest patches; locally in towns, often at Maya ruin sites” (Belize, p. Long-billed Hermit is, “A spectacular if dull-plumaged hummer of humid forest understory…” (CR, p.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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However very few birders ever venture to areas off this well-beaten track, so with this in mind, I decided to explore a fascinating but ornithologically little known corner of Ethiopia in January 2012, to see what surprises awaited me. As the sky turned rosy with dawn, we stopped for some excellent additions to our burgeoning bird list.

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Pulling Birds at Panti Forest in Malaysia

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JOHOR, MALAYSIA, DECEMBER 2012 – If you’re traveling to Singapore for birding, you might want to think outside the box or, in this case, the island. Bats under a rocky overhang. Some of the best birding in the area is just 90 minutes or so north in peninsular Malaysia, home of the infamous Panti Forest.

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The Nature of the Meadowlands: A Book Review

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And, Wright describes a recent project designed to find out if there are bats in the Meadowlands using acoustic detectors. Bats eat mosquitos.) A camera with a motion-sensitive shutter had to be used to prove that there are coyotes living in at least one closed landfill. There are, at least 2 species, thank goodness. 42, from N.J.

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Painted Redstart at Irvine Lake

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In 2012 I got my 500th bird in the ABA area when I twitched a Painted Redstart at Lacy Park in San Marino, California. Of course, I missed the Lewis’s Woodpecker that had been found at nearby Irvine Regional Park, which also would have been a second encounter with a species I hardly ever get to see but batting.500

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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There are a number of potential reasons for this, the most likely by far being that Pat has been batting for both teams for a couple of weeks. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. In an unusual turnaround during September, more birds were seen in USA than in Costa Rica. Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. La Selva (OTS Reserve)–Road to Puerto Viejo River. 01 Jan 2018. Rufous-tailed Jacamar – Galbula ruficauda. La Selva (OTS Reserve)–Road to Puerto Viejo River. 01 Jan 2018. La Selva (OTS Reserve)–Road to Puerto Viejo River. 01 Jan 2018. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis.

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