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Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, Honduras, Part 1

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Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, Honduras, March 2009 After our trip to the Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge was rained out on our first morning at The Lodge at Pico Bonito we rescheduled our visit for our second and last morning at the lodge. Howler monkeys! My first-ever wild monkeys! Monkeys!!!!!

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To Spotlight or not to Spotlight?

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In fact, it’s hard to think of a wildlife watching activity I’m more conflicted about, other than perhaps alomost industrial levels of diving in fragile reefs (or the remains thereof). On the one hand it can be an outstanding opportunity to see wildlife you usually don’t, and if done carefully it doesn’t do any harm.

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Kinabatangan – Borneo’s Mighty River

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The lodge is unusual in having a raised walkway behind the lodge, allowing those of us keen to bird or watch wildlife when most normal people are resting in the middle of the day. Can’t do a post on Kinabatangan without the amazing Bornean endemic Probosis Monkey. I was lucky to see one Oriental Darter in Bangkok.

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Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Edicions)

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Strictly speaking, Mammals of South Asia is not a field guide, because some larger groups (rodents, bats) cannot be identified down to a species level following the concise descriptions and a single illustration. monkeys, deer, gazelles, etc.). Larger species, that is, excluding dolphins and whales. Highly recommended. cm Weight 0.4

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How much bird is there, anyway?

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I was looking out a car window the other day and noticed that of all the wildlife most of it was bird. A single large spider monkey, which might be out of view, equals a large number of lightly built and small birds which may be scattered across the landscape. A squirrel skittered by … a squirrel is not a bird.

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Collaborative List – April 2017

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Monkey Mia. Monkey Mia. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. casa botania.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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Monkey Mia. Monkey Mia. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. casa botania.

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