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The Uncommon Demise of a Wood Thrush in Costa Rica

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Jose’s deep knowledge of rainforest wildlife and ecology is reflected in his detailed paintings of Spectacled Owls, Ornate Hawk-Eagles , and other jungle wildlife. He mentioned how, growing up, locals talked about losing small chickens to those frogs but never to toads.

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The Black Album: Black Birders, Blackpoll Warblers, Black-tailed Godwits, Black Flamingos, and more

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Props on the sweet Barred Owl call, too. “I Why did the chicken cross the archipelago? Scientists investigate the DNA of Hawaii’s free-roaming fowl. What kind of miscreant kicks a Barn Owl in mid-flight? And last but not least, get your owl snark on. No, you didn’t. Now you have. Different, but the same?

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