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Scanning the skies for Zone-tailed hawks

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Taking time to give each and every one a good looking over can take away from the time I spend looking for Lazuli Buntings, Black-bellied Whistling Ducks , or other more exciting birds. There is a small population in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and northern Argentina.

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Brazil’s Pantanal: A Birding Spectacle

10,000 Birds

The Pantanal is a vast, seasonally flooded wetland — the largest in the world — in the southwest corner of the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil. Screamers are most closely related to waterfowl such as ducks and geese. Crossing them was like taking a leap of faith each time. Alas, it was over too soon.

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