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Urban Birding in San Diego

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There are beautiful beaches, a plethora of amazing food and drinks, a multitude of family fun locations, a world-renowned zoo, and one of the biggest birding festivals in the US. My family visited San Diego every year as part of a Disneyland-SoCal Road trip to escape the rainy Christmases at home near Portland, Oregon.

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For the Love of Trogons

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The Trogon family (and order, since the order only includes one family) is quite widespread, being found in all the tropical (and some subtropical) regions of the world. So far, one third of my weekly outings have involved trogon sightings, with their distinctive calls being heard on a few other trips. Those are good numbers.

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Some Birding News about Birders in Costa Rica

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Local guide and birder David Mora Vargas has been spending much of his time at his family’s farm in the Sarapiqui lowlands. At another site in the northern Caribbean lowlands, another local birder has been doing bird counts at his family’ private reserve, Las Arrieras. Check it out: Juvenile Tiny Hawk Show in Sarapiqui.

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Apostlebirds

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We had last experienced this cheerful family of birds in Katherine in the Northern Territory over 13 years ago, so although the population is isolated there they had the same characteristics. They roam in family groups varying from eight birds upwards and have a certain confidence about themselves as they strut around the bush.

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Emus and fences

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They are also inquisitive, so if you observe some near the edge of the road and you want to gain their attention you can turn on your car indicators and they will often investigate rather than run off. There had been good rains the previous year and as a result of that there were numerous family groups. Emu assessing the fence.

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Isolation, a.k.a. Business as Usual

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Before we got to our destination, I pulled the car over to investigate an almost deafening twittering. This extremely vocal member of the vireo family utters its rich warble incessantly from sun-up to sun-down but it rarely makes itself visible. These irruptive visitors to T&T always are a pleasure to experience.

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Birding the Kruger Park (6): Pafuri area part 2

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Among some other species of the kingfisher family, this species is a bit of a laughingstock. The eBird entry on the White-fronted Bee Eater is the first one I have seen that contains an exclamation mark: “They have one of the most complex of all avian societies, featuring families, clans, and pirates!”