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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

.” The answer, as discerning Neotropical birders know, is: “What is Bolivia?” ” The book in question is Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide , edited and written by Sebastian K. Bolivia doesn’t come up much in discussions of birding travel. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. . ″ x 9.5″x

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

10,000 Birds

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. I hope by this time you have settled on a bird family for your avian obsession. (I

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Twenty Hummingbirds To See Before You Die

10,000 Birds

As it streaks across the Andean skies of Bolivia and Argentina with its flashy tail, its not hard to see how this bird got the name “comet&#. These high-flyers from the montane grasslands of Ecuador, Peru and Colombia should not be missed on a trip to these countries. Coming in at no. 19 is the celestial Red-tailed Comet.

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