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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of August 2014?

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The sun shines on Colombia’s brilliant coffee-growing regions and abundant avifauna. I just returned from a brief but exciting trip to Colombia and will take this weekend to catch my breath. Corey will be birding Greene County with family and friends. July is the time to forget about school and celebrate summer.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guideā€“A Book Review

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Like a shy stepchild, it’s always eclipsed by the wonders of Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, etc. The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. This unfortunately happens with the large Tanager (Thraupidae) family here.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of August 2014)

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For once, I was pleased to see our omnipresent local Ring-billed Gulls this weekend, since I realized I didn’t see a single larid while in Colombia. Corey greatly enjoyed his weekend in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of upstate New York with family and friends.

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