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Birding Inirida, Colombia, or river dolphins and hoatzins, part 2

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Later, we would be seeing dolphins every day. On one hand, dolphins are apex predators and a proof of a preserved ecosystem. said that he dreamt of river dolphins. This dolphin shapeshifter is called an encantado. . “Shameless creatures: An ethnozoology of the Amazon river dolphin” Ethnology.

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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

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The idea of Lost Animals was conceived after the publication of Extinct Birds (2001), a 400-page, four-pound book on 75 extinct species. Lost Birds looks at photographic representations of 28 species, 21 of which are birds. Some document one of the last views of the species, others are of the last representative of the species.

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Man-o-war Birds

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Last week I introduced the Great Frigatebird , one of five species of man-o-war bird. I got rather carried away showing all the plumages you can see around a breeding colony, which means I had to split my post on the species into two. A surface snatch on the wing. That said, it is possible to see them doing it sometimes.

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Bird-Eating Fish

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It has also found its way to Japan where it is considered to be an invasive species. Now and then individual catfish of various species hunt nearer the surface and larger catfish such as the American Channel Cat will take a duck or other water bird. It is sometimes known as the European Catfish. Cucherousset, J., Boulêtreau, S.,

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South Florida Specialties Birding

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The reason the location is remaining undisclosed is that reliable Mangrove Cuckoos are difficult to find in the American Birding Association area and are a very sought after species. From the bulbuls we went in search of another introduced species that has taken to south Florida like home. We needed countable species!

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