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Trinidad’s Coastal Forest

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The confluence of these two elements gives rise to a unique experience with a distinctive aesthetic. A Peregrine Falcon launches, ready and willing to utilize the relative invisibility afforded by twilight to bring a swift end to someone’s morning. The gradient is so steep that the cabins are essentially treehouses!

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The Gas Station Bird

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Both falconers and wildlife rehabilitators have to study, gain experience, and jump through various hoops in order to get their licenses. No guarantees, but in this case the agency had already given the owner a warning and was responsive and willing to investigate complaints. Banner photo by Ingrid Taylar.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Recent publicity about these remarkable tribes has resulted in tourists wanting to experience this wild land and its attractions for themselves. Mago National Park certainly deserved more exploration and I wished we had time to investigate the well appointed campsites along the Mago River.

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