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Paradise Regained

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By 2019, I couldn’t take it any more, and I stopped visiting Pino Real. I would have guessed it would be the first species to abandon this now-disturbed site. In the end, I would have to say that this trip gave me some added confidence in nature’s ability to fight back against the ravages of humanity.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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More dramatically memorable is Dunn’s experience in Bolivia, where he hoped to travel to Chalalan Lodge, an eco-lodge run by the local indigenous population, but ends up facing the 2019 election protests with blockades and a threat of violence at every road leaving the city. Jonas D’Abronzo. I had hoped for more.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Happy New Year, 10,000 Birds readers and writers! Buckley, Walter Sedwitz, William J. Norse, and John Kieran.