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Veraguan Mango – Panama's ex-endemic

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Like when Cleveland local Lebron James showed up in Miami and started playing basketball for the Heat. So when a bird -- that was previously thought to be endemic to one country -- is discovered in another, patriotic birders from the former country may not want to believe it. These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name?

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The Future of Birding Field Guides is Digital

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If you are in remore and/or dangerous places, like Somalia or Miami, and you get robbed, a book or (paper) notebook will likely be left in your posession by the robbers (saving all of your bird observation notes), an electronic device will be taken – that’s what they are after.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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Battery Pt. Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Golden-naped Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysauchen. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. 05 Jan 2016. 06 Jan 2016.

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Combined Beats’ List – August

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Battery Pt. Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Golden-naped Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysauchen. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. 05 Jan 2016. 06 Jan 2016.

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