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They’ve Got an Awful Lot of Birds in Brazil.

10,000 Birds

’ They are challenging to find, frustrating to photograph, and the antbird experience often includes heat and humidity, mud and bugs. It was one of those magic experiences when you are so absorbed you forget you have a camera. However, all is forgotten when you get a good look at them. Favorite Woodpecker: This is a toughie.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening.

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