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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
Not that I don’t enjoy seeing new species myself, it’s just that they are an easy target and I am nothing if not lazy and mean spirited. But there is one kind of tick that I genuinely do enjoy, and as I do more and more birding it becomes harder and harder to get; new families.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2014
Tropical birding demands tropical birds, those families and genera unique to their latitudes rather than shared via migration across various climate zones. Sometimes, they even have the same species… I’m looking at you, House Wren ! Sometimes, they even have the same species… I’m looking at you, House Wren !
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2020
I had a very nice visit with his family — so nice that I didn’t get to do all that much birding. I think I do a pretty good imitation of several other species, but, unlike the Trogons, they never seem to think the same.). I’ve shown this species before, but they keep begging me to take adorable pictures.
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2017
In a time of little published information about the rainforests of Central and South America aside from scientific journal articles and the works of 19th-century naturalists, the “little green book,” as it was called, became a must-read amongst nature-oriented travelers and researchers.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. That’s right – birds eating clay. Scarlet Macaws.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
processed the entire genomes of 48 bird species and compared nearly 42 million base pairs of DNA (Hackett et al. ’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. Now we move on to the Neognathae , which also has two very deep branches that lead to all the other living species of birds. Open Jarvis et al.’s
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2014
There are approximately 10,000 plant species in the Cerrado. It also supports the greatest variety of large mammals in all of South America, including such iconic species as Maned Wolf and Giant Anteater. A Rufous-winged Antshrike, a typical species of lightly wooded savanna in the lower elevations of the park.
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