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Birding Argentina – Salto Encantado and Yaguarundy Reserve

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We arrived and met with the owner who explained about this private reserve which has been constantly threaten by hunters and other people to destroy what they have been protecting since 1997. Trips Argentina birding misiones salto encantado yaguarundy reserve' to be continued.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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In 2012, I reviewed The Jewel Hunter , an absorbing narrative in which author Chris Goodie travelled throughout Asia, Africa, and Australasia to observe and photograph every Pitta species in the world. A passion for one bird family is also very useful.

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What is the National Bird of Panama?

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.” Panama hosts the largest breeding population of Harpy Eagles, though they were once “found from southern Mexico through Central and South America all the way down to northern Argentina.”

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Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls

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…Sure, we got lots of ‘em javelina and wild hogs too” But I explained to him that I was a hunter of a different kind and that I was looking for tiny owls and not wild pigs. Maybe it was my weird accent or maybe the ranch manager had wax in his ears – but I didn’t get the response I was looking for.

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Best Bird of the Year 2012

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Considering the bird survived a season in an area saturated with hunters and birds of prey, this facemelting rarity deserves our respect. After a 15 hour night-shift flying to Argentina, all I ask of a bird is to sit still and to do it close to somewhere that I can find coffee.

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