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How I Saw My First Jabiru

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While in Belize for my family vacation one of the birds I most wanted to see was a Jabiru. That means that it is pretty heavily trafficked by a wide variety of vehicles that are larger than a golf cart, including dump trucks and buses. Watching a Jabiru was very exciting for me but the family soon had enough.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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I should add that the Big Owls taking over NYC social and even hard print media, dominating conversations with my nonbirder friends and family, are not the only owls in the five boroughs, but like a musical, the closer you are to Broadway, the closer you are to fame and fortune (and maybe even a higher quality rodent for dinner, who knows?).