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Dawn Over the Mighty Rupununi

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Grassland Sparrow , Leon says excitedly. Grassland Sparrow In the distance, the first of many Crested Caracaras sailed across the parched landscape. After all, they are annual visitors to my native Trinidad and Tobago. Closer looks revealed large numbers of White-faced Whistling Ducks as well as a few American Golden-Plovers.

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Collaborative list – February 2021

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9 beats from 8 countries (Australia, USA, UK, Serbia, Costa Rica, China, Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico), shared 138 checklists for 703 species. The year list to date is 1015 species and 7 have been added to the life list ( 4059 ) from Costa Rica, China and Trinidad and Tobago. 10 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

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Collaborative list – October 2021

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9 beats submitted 140 checklists from 7 countries (USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago) during October to account for 585 species. 2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. 3 Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. 11 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

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Collaborative list December 2020 and year’s round up.

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As such, a parallel post will appear here simultaneously with the year list. As such, a parallel post will appear here simultaneously with the year list.

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Collaborative list – November 2020

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However, 10 beats from 7 countries were able to submit some 127 checklists containing 597 birds from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica). 12 Grasshopper Sparrow – Ammodramus savannarum. 23 Lincoln’s Sparrow – Melospiza lincolnii. 402 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

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Collaborative List – July 2020

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8 countries were birded by 11 beats and I am delighted to include Faraaz and Trinidad and Tobago in those stats. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. American Black Duck – Anas rubripes.

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Recent Changes to the Costa Rica Bird List

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Folks want to know what they can see, if it’s worth traveling to Trinidad and Tobago, if they should to to Ecuador for three days or three weeks, or if one should drive to Wisconsin to look for a vireo with white eyes or a blue head. Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow. The name change of a small brown bird, a sparrow, is exciting.