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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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Birds of Belize by Steve N. The first is that the illustrations by Dale Dyer are based, and largely seem to be the same, as the illustrations for his previous guide Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama (co-authored with Andrew Vallely, PUP, 2018). Why are these issues?

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Visit Guatemala with Birding Expeditions

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Birding Expeditions is a Guatemalan tour company created to help birders to have an unforgettable experience in the Mayan World. Our company is based in Guatemala but also offers tours in Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, and Mexico. We work hard to provide the richest and most rewarding experience of the Neotropics.

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Fruit For Birds

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They are species that breed in the US and then spend the winter in Central and South America, eating what’s avialable–especially fruit. This is a photo that my friend Larry Sirvio took in Belize. Nyjer (aka Thistle) for goldfinches was introduced from Nigeria–someone had to experiment with that.

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eBird Photo Quizzes: A Great Way to Prepare for a Trip

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Having never birded in Mexico at all I was initially concerned about identifying the myriad species that can be seen. But my experiences in Belize and Honduras give me a good basis in the birds of the region and I have plenty of time to study and learn what to expect with the endemics.

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Diving New Zealand – Goat Island

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Not because you generally see many birds while diving, although the experience of seeing shearwaters flying underwater while cage diving, as I once did, was one I think most birders would enjoy. Diving has taken me to places like Belize, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Egypt, places that coincidentally are fun to bird. Kina, or Sea Urchin.

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An Open Letter to the Birds on the Webcams, Re: Nesting Season

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They want an authentic nature experience, but a relatable authentic nature experience. Once you get back to Belize, you can be yourselves. There’s only so much I can do. They want this as instinctively as you want that dead vole. Supreme and unknowable indifference isn’t really what most of these people are into.

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Birding by Volunteering

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Volunteering provides a very different experience to tourism though. In Belize I cruised above reefs few people had ever seen. You may not get the species counts that the race delivers, but you’ll have memories burned into your skull. Places like Tern Island are not open to tourists, but you can go as a volunteer.

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