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Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

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Others were established to protect specific bird species or subspecies. Others may be perfect for a free morning on a business trip to Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, or Las Vegas. Bear River MBR (Utah). But they primary protect land, an essential but dwindling avian resource. Anahuac NWR (Texas). Aransas NWR (Texas).

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Migrants are on the Move in Costa Rica

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It’s also a big time for bird movements, a period punctuated by waves of migrants, first the early ones, then a time of many species, and finally, those last “late” migrants moving north. While our winter residents bulk up to head north, they are joined by other species coming from South America.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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172 lists were shared and 1004 species were seen, both records for October, so well done beats! Bonaparte’s Gull – Chroicocephalus philadelphia. Mourning Warbler – Geothlypis philadelphia. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank.

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Pat’s Year List, it’s 2016!

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Coming from Niagara Falls, New York, it also means freezing, bitter cold, watching for imaginary Polar Bears while pretending to walk through an Arctic landscape, and looking for owls. Back in Costa Rica, walks through coffee and fields near the house, and a few other day trips have upped the list to 250 species. White-eyed Vireo! .

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Collaborative list – April 2019

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April was a busy time for the beats with 10 of them contributing 164 lists to accumulate 744 species from 7 countries; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Serbia, UK, Brazil and Barbados. Bonaparte’s Gull – Chroicocephalus philadelphia. Mourning Warbler – Geothlypis philadelphia. Back to numbers. Tualatin River NWR.

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Collaborative List – March 2019

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978 species were tallied this month from 163 checklists. Only 123 species appear on both sides of the life list. Bonaparte’s Gull – Chroicocephalus philadelphia. Philadelphia Vireo – Vireo philadelphicus. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas).

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