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Hawking for Nighthawks

10,000 Birds

Especially as we were at the time about to experience a rapidly advancing tropical storm. Farmers keep their livestock in this wetland also. Red-breasted Meadowlarks controlled the drier sections while Yellow-hooded Blackbirds occupied the more flooded areas.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

inhabitants per km², mainly livestock farmers. 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. Blackbird – Turdus merula. Also, trekking poles proved useful.

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