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5 ways to help the animal rescue efforts in Chile and Haiti

4 The Love Of Animals

These three groups are already operating mobile veterinary clinics and other services in Haiti, and planning to go to Chile when they’re allowed in: IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare). American Humane and ARCH (Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti). They depend upon charitable contributions to keep. Offer your time. Donate Food.

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

10,000 Birds

Checklist for Belize lists 622 species in 76 families, of which 104 are rare or accidental and four introduced. Checklist lists 955 species in 86 families, with 152 rare/accidental species, three extirpated species, five introduced species, and nine endemics). Fantasy is the key word here. Doing this work takes time!

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Parrots: Brazil’s Colorful Avian Clowns

10,000 Birds

Parrots captivate me more than any other bird family. Second, they occupy an astonishing variety of habitats from temperate Araucaria forests in Chile to alpine scree in New Zealand to seasonally flooded rainforests in Brazil to rocky sea cliffs in Australia. However, they do not occur evenly across their familial distribution.

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

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None fly, most are curious and social, which probably contributes to our cultural perception of penguins as one step away from human. That’s a lot of books about a bird family that cannot fly. It is one that can be shared with friends and family (who does not adore penguins?), It is not an essential purchase.

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