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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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The first is that the illustrations by Dale Dyer are based, and largely seem to be the same, as the illustrations for his previous guide Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama (co-authored with Andrew Vallely, PUP, 2018). Fantasy is the key word here. Doing this work takes time!

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Escaped vs Wild Whistling Ducks

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Later, it was brought up that the now famous ducks appear not to mind the presence of humans. They don’t even take their tucked-in heads out, a position some resting ducks adopt, when people approach them to distances of only a few meters. White-faced Whistling Ducks are widespread in hot and humid habitats of eastern South America.

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

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When you think of invasives, you think of the birds that have been helped by human beings to get where they are, such as House Sparrow or European Starling. They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. ibis and the eastern B.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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I’m focusing on Turkey Vultures here because they are undoubtedly the species most birders in North America (the home of 10kB) are most familiar with, but the name vulture applies to birds found around the globe. It’s worthy of admiration , if not respect, for this most disrespected of birds. Here’s the kicker though.

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To Tick or Not to Tick – Exotic Birding in Miami

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But its not just parrots that are doing well in their adopted city. Some uncountable species, like Mitred Parakeets , are in fact way more numerous than some of the countable species and they are clearly breeding in well-established populations. The population is not directly dependent on human support.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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Long before that time Mexican domesticated Turkeys had been adopted by Native Americans in the American Southwest as well. The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not. According to R.D. Which would be weird.

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My Favorite Release

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August arrived and I was releasing birds knowing they’d need time to adapt prior to making that long flight across the Gulf of Mexico, headed to South America. Their population is in serious decline, so their breeding colonies are monitored by biologists. It was like they said, “You reek of humans, go wash.”.