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Scanning the skies for Zone-tailed hawks

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Today I will cover another one of Mexico’s Baja Peninsulas characters, the Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo Albonotatus. Zone-tailed Hawks can be found in the extreme lower parts of the US, in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, with an estimated population of 450-650 birds. Below is a photo I got on Sunday of a juvenile.

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White-necked Jacobin at Asa Wright Nature Center

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Florisuga mellivora , as the White-necked Jacobin is known to Latin enthusiasts, is found from Mexico to Bolivia, and its huge range and population make it a Species of Least Concern to BirdLife International.

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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

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1101-1200 sp: Mexico; Argentina; DR Congo (Kinshasa), Tanzania, Kenya; India. 1401-1600 sp: Ecuador, Bolivia; Indonesia. . – now the pace quickens: USA; Angola, Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia; Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam. 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China.

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Getting Lucky with a Ground-Dove in Costa Rica

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Bird as much as you want from Mexico to Bolivia, and you could easily never see or hear one for years. Not only does it look nicer (it looks more like a quail-dove), it’s also super tough to see. In neotropical birding circles, the ability of this ground-dove to avoid detection is pretty much legendary.

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Avian Quiz – April 15, 2011

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Instead, name one of the endemic species in this country.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ Worry Under the Big Top as Mexico City Moves to Ban Circus Animals ” (news article, June 15): Mexico City joins the growing list of cities that have banned the exploitation of animals in circuses. Why is the United States lagging so far behind?

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A lesson on Banding

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I just got my report off to PASP, so I really don’t know a whole lot about my bird yet, but I do know that it is bird #055, and that its new “Bird Bling” was added in either Bolivia, Ecuador or Peru! To learn more about the PASP, I am adding a link here.

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