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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. Each bird, regardless of species, seems perfectly content to wait for the other to make the first move toward the colpa.

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Answer to the Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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By the way, the Queens Zoo has a very nice collection of ducks that are certainly not countable for a birder’s life list but are useful in terns of studying and learning field marks. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Thanks for visiting!

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A holiday in Egypt

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The hotel garden is fringed by acacias where an endemic species of the east Mediterranean, the Palestine Sunbird , can be found, here at the very south of its range. Focusing… Cattle Egrets ! Ready to leave, I put my hat on… and spill all the sand collected in it onto my head. White-spectacled (a.k.a.

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