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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or in the Land of Coffee and Chocolate

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Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks , Muscovy Ducks and Blue-winged Teals were around us, together with Green , Great and Little Blue Herons , Cattle and Great White Egrets , Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons , plus one locally rare Pinnated Bittern in the floating vegetation, as well as several dozen Neotropical Cormorants.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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Old World Vultures are nestled within the family Acciptridae along with the hawks and eagles. It’s actually a pretty classic example of convergent evolution, wherein two unrelated families of lifeforms evolve to fill the same niche independently. Panama’s Vulture – Jan Axel, Jan’s Birding Blog.

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Collaborative list – August 2018

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Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Panama Flycatcher – Myiarchus panamensis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Is it wrong of me to go birding to get away from the kids now that they are at home all day? Bravo if you have.

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