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Pseudonymns for Costa Rican Birds

10,000 Birds

Here are a few of my recommendations for some such esteemed members of the Costa Rican avifauna: Forest Football Chicken or FFC (Great Tinamou) – Since tinamou sounds like the perfect representation of an oddly-shaped bird with a small head that gives beautiful tremulous vocalizations, I am sorely tempted to leave this one off the list.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

My parrots have nailed me harder than any wild bird,” said Jodi Swenson. It was playing with a cat toy and managed to get a string wrapped around its foot, and when I went to untangle him he went into crazy attack mode and bit my wrist. It was swollen and sore for two weeks.”. Even worse, we have… (shudder)… June bugs!”. “My