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Pied Oystercatcher chicks two weeks on….

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We have observed the first Pied Oystercatcher chicks of 2019 over the past two weeks grow steadily. It is quite common for several clutches of Pied Oystercatcher eggs to be laid during the breeding season and often within ten days of egg or chick loss. Pied Oystercatcher chick sheltering from the wind.

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How to Help Cerulean Warblers, Other Migrant Species, and Resident Birds in Costa Rica

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With birds bedecked in their breeding best and filling the air with song, this is migration at its loveliest. Threatened by loss of habitat both on breeding as well as wintering grounds, a few species have even become endangered or at least on a perilous track towards that worrisome designation.

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Reminders and Perils of Fall Migration in Costa Rica

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However, even now, the ancient movements of birds between summer breeding grounds and tropical wintering places have been taking place in Costa Rica. Where will those birds go when they come back looking for food and shelter? To put it plainly, they will find diminished habitat and successfully compete for it or die.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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What the Owl Knows is organized into nine chapters: introduction, adaptation (including vision and flight), research and researchers, vocalization, courtship and breeding, roosting and migration, cognition, and two chapters on owls and humans–captive owls (not zoos, educational owls) and owls in our cultural history.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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2019), and now this book. a close childhood friend of Lendrum’s, Howard Waller, breeds falcons for Sheikh Butti bin Maktoum, a member of the Dubai royal family. wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan. The Falcon Thief has come along at a good time.

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