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Birding Honduras–The Cryptic Birds

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We saw a smaller member of the potoo family, Northern Potoo , Nyctibius jamaicensis , at Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, boating and birding the Salado River. Double-striped Thick-Knee nests are shallow depressions in the ground, with a typical clutch of two eggs.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

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With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. We have on here in Ecuador that is very prolific in the highlands. So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves.

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