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Post Apocalyptic Steampunk Birding

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Set in an abandoned oil refinery where wildlife is slowly regaining control save for the desperate attempts of golfers to retain all eighteen holes, industrial ghosts loom over rolling freshwater lakes bordered by fifty foot tall trees. Peregrine Falcon. For the most part, vultures occupied the sky. Little Blue Heron. Black Vulture.

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Secrets of the Swamps

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Some days ago I had the opportunity to explore the grossly underbirded southeastern corner of Trinidad. The Nariva Swamp is the largest wetland on Trinidad, giving to and taking from the relentless Atlantic Ocean on its eastern boundary. I spun around just in time to catch a hulking Peregrine Falcon rocketing by.

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Little Big Year – Week 34: We visit Colorado and Texas

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Trinidad Colorado is located just a few miles north of the Colorado – New Mexico border, and home to the Trinidad Reservoir. This area also is where I hope to fill in a few target birds, like the newly spilt Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay, Pinyon Jays and Prairie Falcons. It’s not Prairie Falcon , but it is a great little Rock Wren.

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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I wish the flight images for the hawks, falcons, parakeets, and parrots were larger. & updated (PUP, 2010); you can find a full list of his publications and listing of number of plates contributed on Dyer’s web site. Images on the same plate are drawn to scale, and the scale percentage is indicated on the upper right-hand corner.

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Collaborative List – March 2019

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Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 01 Jan 2019. 01 Jan 2019.

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Collaborative list – April 2019

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Brown Falcon – Falco berigora. Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

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Montezuma NWR–Wildlife Drive. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Aplomado Falcon – Falco femoralis. Barred Forest-Falcon – Micrastur ruficollis. Calle La Trinidad, Heredia, CR (10,022, -84,152). Prairie Falcon – Falco mexicanus. Otham Fields. 28 May 2019. Otham Fields. 28 May 2019.

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