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Fall Migration in Costa Rica- Six Things I Have Learned

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The muted colors of Blackburnians, Black-throated Greens, and Blackpolls fit right in with the dull greens and golden highlights of the early fall vegetation. In Costa Rica, they become another sort of animal. Birds Can Fly Right Over Costa Rica. By morning, they are probably in Panama.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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And when you think about it, that seems right. Large species, like the hatchet-billed Lapped-faced Vulture or the large Cape Vulture gets first dips, because they are the only species that can tear open the hides of some of the larger prey animals. Panama’s Vulture – Jan Axel, Jan’s Birding Blog.

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Where Does Vegan Baby Sky Get Her Protein?

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Maybe even some 80% dark chocolate ( slavery-free , care of Equal Exchange--Panama's the kind we get). She's napping right now, diaper free. She has very few pieces of clothing (and most are secondhand) and many of her books and toys are secondhand (and we had to weed through them for animal use). Blueberries and bananas.

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A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat

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Now this, might not sound like anything of particular ground-breaking significance, but in the context of animal personality research, it is a fairly big thing. Wicked, right? Whilst working on Scarlet Macaws in Costa Rica , I had the pleasure of having Katherine Herbourn assist with some of the field work we were doing.

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We Interrupt Regularly Scheduled.

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The cozy relationship between Honduras’s military coup leaders and the corporatocracy were confirmed a couple of days after my arrival in Panama. The school is best known for producing Latin American officers who have committed major human rights abuses, including military coups. (5) Now, that optimism was turning sour. 3) George W.

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