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Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia

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and Colombia respectively, have secured thirteen new conservation easements in Colombia with private landowners that will protect important habitat for the Cerulean Warbler – North America’s fastest declining neotropical migrant songbird. Wicked, right? • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Why Red-ruffed Fruitcrow?

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Tropical birding demands tropical birds, those families and genera unique to their latitudes rather than shared via migration across various climate zones. But these tropical ecosystems also harbor families that remind us by their very presence just how close we’ve come to the Equator and how far we are from the poles.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

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Like a shy stepchild, it’s always eclipsed by the wonders of Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, etc. In what has become the modern-day traditional method of organization, species are listed and described on the left-hand page and illustrative plates are on the right. Bolivia doesn’t come up much in discussions of birding travel.

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Cool Green Heron

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These Blasts From The Past Ease Into Some Oekologie Oekologie #10 Undercover Taxidermist Busts Illegal Hunters Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia Audubon Rebrand About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Shawn.

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Recent Changes to the Costa Rica Bird List

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This does not include the various changes made to Latin names, taxonomic ordering, nor changes to families.: How about Steely-vented Hummingbird in Colombia? Not every list has Great Tinamou on it. With the rise in birding tourism, bird lists for entire countries have also become increasingly important. So long buddy.

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Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?

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By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 3 comments Tweet Share During a soccer game in Colombia, a player kicked an owl that was on the field. Wicked, right? Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Video and desultory apology here. Hat-tip to Stella.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. He sat…his crown giving searing shafts of violet as the light caught the feathers at just the right angle.