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

10,000 Birds

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). Howell turns all that on its head. © 2003 text H.

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“A Little Bird Told Me” … Happy Birthday Charles Darwin

10,000 Birds

The most commonly cited example is “Darwin’s Finch,” which filled the woodpecker niche by adopting the practice of acquiring a cactus thorn, and using this to access grubs hidden beneath the bark of trees. How did they get from the Caribbean across the Isthmus of Panama, which is mountainous and very much in the way?

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