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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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Fall Hawk Migration Hotspots

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Super Hot-spot: Toledo District, Belize – Central Flyway. The STK families will be departing the panhandle of Florida, with flights possibly hugging the Gulf coastline. Super Hot-spot: Toledo District, Belize – Central Flyway. Photo by © Michael Todd. Fall count to date: unknown. Peregrine Falcon. Photo by © Mark Schraad.

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Raptors of Mexico and Central America: A Book Review

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The guide presents 69 species and 1 subspecies, from “NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes” to “OSPREY: Pandioninae” to “FAMILY: Accipitridae” (Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Hawk-Eagles), to “FALONIDS: Falconidae” (Falcons, Forest-Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels, Merlin). The Species Accounts are the research-at-home section.

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rican, and Panama , just published in October, is a field guide that was ten years in the making. These introductory texts become more specific when there are multiple spreads for large bird families, like ‘Gulls Laridae.’

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