10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

If Mexico City itself was not high enough, the mountains to the south rise above 12,300 feet and I was there looking for a Sierra Madre Sparrow to confirm a sighting of this rare and local sparrow from 15 years ago. It is not strictly endemic as it also occurs in Guatemala and Honduras. Is nowhere safe?

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Costa Rica Mexico Taiwan Honduras 211

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

It actually makes a lot of sense, the geographic features of the isthmus between North America (including Mexico, because Mexico is part of North America) and South America cut across political lines, as do birds. Gwynne (PUP, 1992); and A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America by Steve N. by Robert S.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

The Horned Guan is not just one of, if not THE standout birds of Mexico and Guatemala, but of the entire world. Endemic to mountaintop cloud forest patches in Chiapas and Guatemala, perhaps occurring at a maximum of six locations in Mexico and a handful more in Guatemala, the Horned Guan is restricted to a tiny, fragmented range.

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Guatemala Mexico San Diego South America 165

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

As his passion for birding grew he decided to travel Latin America; he has spent time in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela and a great deal of time in Brazil. One of his most memorable birding experiences was the six months spent in Northeast Brazil performing research on a new species of bird called the Araripe Manakin.

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Brazil Venezuela Iowa Guatemala 160

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

In this first installment, I will focus on my impressions and experiences in the highlands portion of our tour. One of these islands may have been the present day Northern Central American Highlands which includes Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and parts of extreme southern Mexico (Chiapas).

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Honduras Costa Rica El Salvador Arizona 222

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

This video by Kathi Borgmann shows an army ant swarm in Mexico. A bite from an army ant can really pack a punch; I speak from experience. One of our best was in the lowlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Instead, their bivouac, as it is called, which holds the queen, moves around in search of prey. Tawny-winged Woodcreeper.

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San Diego South America Costa Rica America 192

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2012

Catbirds are not the unfortunate result of unwise experiments with radioactivity. We can start first with what catbirds are not. Catbirds are also not the result of unholy intercourse between avians and felines. They are not flying cats nor birds with whiskers. So what are catbirds?

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Papua New Guinea Ethiopia Guinea Cats 188

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

It was a heart-pounding scene straight out of Jurassic Park, an odd experience for a laid-back pursuit like birding. I wrote about the experience here. But really, the year was sewn up six days in when one bird made a spirited attempt to disembowel me with claws as long as my hand (or at least that was what he seemed to want to do).

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2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 153

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The original distribution of the Wild Turkey is not clearly known, but it existed from the Eastern Seaboard of the US nearly to the Rocky Mountains, avoided some of the more open plains in the north, and occurred in central Mexico. The Spanish Colonial Experience and Domestic Animals. Kiva 78(1):37–60. Reitz, Elizabeth. Thornton, E.,

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 207

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Female Imperial Woodpecker in flight, Mexico, a still from recently found film made by William Rhein, p. There is the flightless Atitlán Giant Grebe of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, whose habitat was destroyed by a combination of human incursion and earthquake, but whose DNA lives on in hybrids that fly. And, they are fascinating.

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 269