10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2015

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. The boatmen steering our two skiffs at the Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge knew the general area in which to find the bird, but it took a while before they spotted it.

Honduras 253

Honduras Birds Costa Rica Groups 253

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

A Guan was collected in 1876 in a mangrove forest near the border between Peru and Ecuador. There were reasons to think that the White-winged Guan had been extirpated by over-hunting. Guans have also been introduced in the Laquipampa Wildlife Refuge. This flock is composed of about 54 birds including nine breeding pair.

Collecting 270

Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 270

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

My post last week where I defended game hunting as a conservation tool has, unaccountably, encountered a certain amount of push back. Who would have thought that a post defending hunting game in general would have not been universally acclaimed? I will address two of them in the new year, namely, “Is hunting moral at all?”

Tigers 175

Tigers Hunting Game Protection 175