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

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Birds of Belize by Steve N. 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). Why are these issues?

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An Open Letter to the Birds on the Webcams, Re: Nesting Season

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They want an authentic nature experience, but a relatable authentic nature experience. Once you get back to Belize, you can be yourselves. There’s only so much I can do. They want this as instinctively as you want that dead vole. Supreme and unknowable indifference isn’t really what most of these people are into.

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The Agony and Ecstasy of Surrendering to eBird

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In fact, experience proved that the process is actually way more cumbersome and time-consuming than it should be. Then again, at 1 in the morning, who cares where Xunantunich in Belize is located. One concern when considering adopting a new technology or platform is the fear of having to switch again in just a year or two.

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