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Arizona, or Central Mexico?

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I got back into birding less than a decade ago, long after moving to Mexico in 1983. This would sound attractive even to me, except for one fact: almost all of those exotic and beautiful species are common down here in central Mexico. When they go low… How about the Tyrant Flycatcher family? I love Red-faced Warblers !

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Raptors of Mexico and Central America: A Book Review

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Raptors of Mexico and Central America by William S. This is the first identification guide that I know of that covers Mexico (technically North America but rarely included in North American raptor guides) and Central America. Interestingly, Raptors of Mexico and Central America does not cover vocalization. Wheeler and William S.

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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It’s not clear how many of the plates have been touched up, redrawn or are new, and I hope we’ll learn more about the process, perhaps when the third book in the series by Howell and Dyer, a new guide to the birds of Mexico, is published.* And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.”

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Fall Hawk Migration Hotspots

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Super Hot-spot: Veracruz River of Raptors, Chichicaxtle, Mexico – Central Flyway. The STK families will be departing the panhandle of Florida, with flights possibly hugging the Gulf coastline. Super Hot-spot: Veracruz River of Raptors, Chichicaxtle, Mexico – Central Flyway. Fall count to date: 58,444. Fall count to date: 18,417.

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The tail of the Motmot

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A few weeks ago, when we traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico, I researched the many different species, especially the hummingbirds. In doing some research on the Motmot family, I found several references to the fact that the long decorative tail is actually quite fragile.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean: A Book Review by a Lover of Parliaments

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I could go on and on, it’s that kind of a book—a comprehensive treatment of a species we respect and adore, based on the most current research, written in a style that, while factual, is from the author’s viewpoint, flavoring facts with a witty, observant personal quality. Mitochondrial DNA analysis strikes again.

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Common Gallinule, the lost Moorhen

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I felt like I needed to do some research into why this change occurred. The Common Gallinule , is the most wide spread of all the members of the rail family, being found from Canada, to Chile, Europe, Asia, Africa, much of the Pacific, and the Galapagos Islands. That is all I have ever known them to be.

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