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

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And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” It starts with water and wading birds and ending with meadowlark, blackbird, and bobolink.^ American Herring Gull is “Smithsonian Gull,” a separate species from its European counterpart.

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Kaikoura–Albatross Encounter pelagic. Salvin’s Albatross – Thalassarche salvini. Kaikoura–Albatross Encounter pelagic. Royal Albatross – Diomedea epomophora. Kaikoura–Albatross Encounter pelagic. 04 Jan 2018. 04 Jan 2018.

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How much bird is there, anyway?

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But it happened at that moment that a lot of what I was looking at was avian in nature: a few crows, some sparrows, blackbirds, and other run of the mill inner-ring suburb fliers and flitterers. Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare.

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Bird Love Week: How They Get It Done

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I also want people to know that our understanding of birds’ mating habits are constantly changing and evolving…there is still a lot of research to be done here, and we will be learning a lot more in the years to come. Aside from geese, various albatross, alcids, eagles, owls, cranes, swans and condors have life partners as well.

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Collaborative List – March 2018

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Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Buller’s Albatross – Thalassarche bulleri. Black-browed Albatross – Thalassarche melanophris. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Theosophical Society.

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Collaborative List – April 2018

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Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Buller’s Albatross – Thalassarche bulleri. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Kaikoura–Albatross Encounter pelagic. Salvin’s Albatross – Thalassarche salvini. Salvin’s Albatross – Thalassarche salvini.

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Collaborative List – May 2018

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Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Buller’s Albatross – Thalassarche bulleri. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Kaikoura–Albatross Encounter pelagic. Salvin’s Albatross – Thalassarche salvini. Salvin’s Albatross – Thalassarche salvini.

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