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Can I keep it?

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My pause for thought came when I found a Stygian Owl in a city park in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The questions that are raised with a rehab bird are things like; without human help, would the bird have lived? A world without bird and/or mammal, fish and reptile rehabilitators would be a very sad one. Would it be here in a city park?

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Protecting the Hyacinth Macaw and the Cerrado

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Mating pairs are faithful for life and share the tasks of raising the young. The three major strongholds of the Hyacinth Macaw are Pantanal region encompassing parts of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, the Cerrado in interior, and Brazil’s eastern Amazon Basin region.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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One exception is Magdalena Heinroth, a German ornithologist who, with her husband Oscar, raised and studied thousands of birds in her apartment in pre-World War II Berlin.

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How to Help Cerulean Warblers, Other Migrant Species, and Resident Birds in Costa Rica

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For 13 years, this organization has carried out a bird-a-thon to raise funds for such projects as reforestation in Ecuador and protecting nests of the Harpy Eagle in Brazil. Participate in the Rainforest Biodiversity Group’s annual bird-a-thon.

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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

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And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? Brazil (1753 / 1832). And where all those birds are? This map shows the distribution of the World’s bird species, based on overlying the breeding and wintering ranges of all known species. Map by BirdLife International. The Afrotropics.

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Southern Lapwing. Chicks and Spurs

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I ran across a couple of Southern Lapwings in Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo, Brazil recently and watched as they indulged in typical Vanellus behaviour. A grounded flock of Black Vultures ducked as the lapwings buzzed close overhead trying to drive them off.

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The “Rufa” Red Knot is now protected under the Endangered Species Act

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In the spring, key staging and stopover areas include Patagonia, Argentina; eastern and northern Brazil; the southeast United States; the Virginia barrier islands; and Delaware Bay. During both the northbound (spring) and southbound (fall) migrations, knots can be found anywhere along the coastal and inland U.S. Birds in Delaware Bay.