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Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

10,000 Birds

Nick wrote a guest post on Forpus passerinus and the Ornithologists of Masaguaral which was full of passion, humor, and insight into his work while on location in Venezuela. You don’t really know a bird until you’ve studied it on its breeding grounds. Not good, I think – it will probably be another scorcher. The Auk 108: 863-871.

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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

10,000 Birds

This map shows the distribution of the World’s bird species, based on overlying the breeding and wintering ranges of all known species. Venezuela (1365 / 1383). It makes me think what is the meaning of life, the universe and everything? Why am I here? And where all those birds are? Map by BirdLife International. Kenya (1034 / 1153).

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