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Birding Fallon: Well Worth the Trip

10,000 Birds

Yellow-headed Blackbirds singing in the reeds allowed us to get an arm’s length away. Speaking of hawks, two talented and extremely knowledgeable falconers, Marie Gaspari Crawford and Chloe Bowen, shared with us their birds and their experiences. Yellow-headed Blackbird was another lifer for me, and omnipresent.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

Our guides were researchers from Callisto, patient and always smiling Yannis Tsanakis (above) and Maria Petridou with her infectious laugh and stories of her Sun Bear and Jaguar research experiences. The cuisine was magnificent, especially lamb. Blackbird – Turdus merula. Also, trekking poles proved useful.

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