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Birding Inirida, Colombia: practicalities, part 3

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Founded in 1963, the municipal population of mostly indigenous people has reached 31,000 by 2018, of which about 11,000 in the town itself. Pescado moqueado, a fish cooked by steam from a clay stove, at the Sabanitas Community. In general, local, river fish was unbeatable. The food was tasty and hearty. Photo by Juan Carlos.

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The Fourth Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit

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They came up to the platform a couple at a time to check out the view and we shared our optics and showed them dolphins offshore, an Osprey eating a fish, and variety of other cool sights. Who’s coming out to Fort Tilden in October of 2018?

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Gulls of the World: A Photographic Guide: A Gull Book Review

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So, we start with Dolphin Gull and end with Red-Legged Kittiwake, a totally different sequence from the 2017 eBird listings. Princeton University Press, 2018. However, I think some background on the Common Gull and Herring Gull complexes would be helpful to gull beginners and give the a little structure for field observation.

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