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Being based on this island for the better part of this year has afforded me the opportunity (for the first time) to bear witness to the movement of bodies through these quarters – and it continues to be exhilarating. Fall migration is always exciting, but experiencing it in a different location is a whole new kind of feeling.

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King of Kings

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They both perch hunt and hover hunt and will even hop along the ground in pursuit of prey. Whatever they are doing – hunting, chasing other birds, or just flying around – Eastern Kingbirds are fun to watch. They migrate through Central America and winter in South America, apparently almost entirely east of the Andes.

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Untamed Americas

4 The Love Of Animals

In it we get to see some of the amazing places in the wild areas of North America, Central America and South America. Untamed Americas: Mountains. In a rarely filmed event, see newly awakened black bears go on the hunt for newborn elk calves. Premieres Sunday, June 10, 9 p.m.

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What is the National Bird of Panama?

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At 3-4 inches long , they rival those of the great Grizzly Bear, and allow the Harpy Eagles to go after prey unavailable to many other birds. Because they like to hunt in the tree canopy , they will also eat “iguanas, parrots, porcupines, coatimundis, and raccoons.” Like Woods, I can’t get over their talons.

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