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Where America dreams of/goes birding?

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6%: Antarctica, Argentina, Indonesia (including the votes for West Papua), India. 8%: Brazil, Panama. Yet, the fact that tiny Panama is as popular as huge Brazil, with twice as many bird species, speaks volume for Brazil’s stage of ecotourism development. 10%: Australia, Papua New Guinea. 17%: Ecuador, Peru.

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Business Birding Basics

10,000 Birds

For longer trips or holidays I bring my other pair , but for business travel the weight becomes bothersome and the price tag may attract unwanted attention. While in Mendoza (Argentina) for an audit I stayed in a hotel near the Plaza Sarmiento Park. My preferred travelling binoculars are Nikon Monarch 7, 8×30.

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