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Diving New Zealand – Goat Island

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Not because you generally see many birds while diving, although the experience of seeing shearwaters flying underwater while cage diving, as I once did, was one I think most birders would enjoy. Diving has taken me to places like Belize, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Egypt, places that coincidentally are fun to bird. Kina, or Sea Urchin.

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Costa Rica’s Best Birds of Halloween

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This is why the Yellow Warblers and Baltimore Orioles of summer don’t linger to experience October 31st, and even late fall migrants like kinglets and sparrows move to slightly warmer regions. Another bird with a mask, albeit one more suited to a party in ancient Egypt or a soiree in the Roaring Twenties. Lesser Ground-Cuckoo.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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And, I’ve passed through the Ancient Egypt exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum, where the Ibis is featured on pottery fragments, many times. and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines. Nor have I overlooked “sightings” of birds in movies mouthing other birds’ calls.

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Introducing the African Birding Beat

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Adam has traveled extensively to all 7 continents, leading tours to numerous countries ranging from Colombia to Egypt, Angola to Papua New Guinea and Antarctica to Alaska. Adam is one of Africa’s most experienced birders, having seen over 2,000 species on the continent as well as 7,000 species worldwide.