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

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And when writing a field guide, it is accepted practice to adopt one of the above and to stick to it, with any questions or disagreements safely ensconced in the text, not in an actual change of species. They also occasionally show breeding colonies or isolated populations, possible occurrences, and directions of range expansion.

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

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When you review the system, it makes perfect sense: falcons are placed with hawks, nightjars are next to owls, and grebes are close to ducks, rather than separated from them by quail and grouse. Then again, try explaining to a new birder why falcons come after woodpeckers and before parrots!

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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In the 70s, with the survival of the species in jeopardy, the entire wild population was captured and brought into a captive breeding program in southern California. Thailand’s Adopt a Vulture Program – YC Wee, Bird Ecology Study Group. The California Condor has a story well-known by anyone with an interest in birds.