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A Year of Birding in Costa Rica- Highlights and a Few Birds Missed

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In Costa Rica, seeing 48 hummingbird species means seeing nearly all of the regular ones. Based on unwritten, invisible birding laws, this means I’ll probably run into one tomorrow. Yellow-billed Cotinga – I had excellent looks of this surreal, endangered species at Cerro Lodge, and Rincon de Osa.

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Bird Litigation: Spotted Owl v. Barred Owl

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The Northern Spotted Owl is a “ threatened ” species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and it was famously the subject of extensive and protracted litigation in the late 1980s and early 1990s, mostly relating to forestry management plans in the Pacific Northwest. July 16, 2015). Fish & Wildlife Serv.,

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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For example, the Endangered Species Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act—America’s most important avian conservation laws—apply in both territories. Studies at Cabo Rojo NWR have shown that virtually all species have declined more than 70% between 1985 and 2015. Both territories are also part of the U.S.