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Birding News from Costa Rica at the Start of the Pandemic

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Too many cases in Spain and the USA, if more people bring the virus to Costa Rica, our health system could be overrun in days. Although it would have been nice to go birding in them, most of us are just staying home anyways and it’s better to protect the health of park employees in any case. No more night birding. to five a.m.

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Crossbill Guides: Interview with Dirk Hilbers

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reduce traffic casualties amongst Badgers , get the White-tailed Eagle back as a breeding bird, increase the number of protected plant species etc.). This being said, we are currently investigating options to team up with a group of American naturalists to produce a series of guidebooks on North American areas. Does this sound vague?

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Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

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Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S. The targeted age group is 6 to 11 years. And, the parrots almost, but not quite, disappear from the face of the earth. It really isn’t. This series by Carol L. Mainor and Sandy F.

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“Birds of Cyprus” field guide review

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Not many European countries have their single-country guides (the exception being UK, Spain and a few others with a strong in-country publishing scene). In Europe, shorebirds, gulls an warblers are the three hardest groups to present, describe and ID, so I tested the BOC armour where I know it will be the weakest.

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Cepas de Loro: Pisco Puro Muscatel

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Why this one city alone would be named for birds, in this country of 1,800 species, is unclear, but it could very well be a designation inspired by the nearby Islas Ballestas, an uninhabited island group just offshore from Pisco and home to enormous breeding colonies of Humboldt Penguins , Inca Terns , Peruvian Boobies , and many other species.

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Tongatapu and ‘Eua; Birding Southern Tonga

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A combination of extinctions and proximity to Fiji means that a trip to that island group would net you pretty much all the same birds plus a whole raft of others. In particular there was a large are protected on the eastern side of the island (about a third of the island) as ‘Eua National Park.The island is less populated and quieter.

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