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Getting the Guan (Pawi Edition)

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The latter reason explains why I joined a group of North American birders in an early morning assault on the birds of the Northern Range. We were about to leave the area when a guide from another Caligo Ventures tour ran towards our group, shouting “Pawi!” Now let me tell you, friends: I rarely run for birds.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. You’re read or seen Jurassic Park , right? (No

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Moorcroft Manor, a Great Place to Lay a Birding Head Down

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Moorcroft Manor isn’t just a lovely place to stay, its a great birding location in its own right. Groups of Cape Turtle Doves feeding on the grass were occasionally joined by a nervous and much larger Rameron Pigeon, and Southern Grey-headed Sparrows and a single Bokmakierie hoped around as well. The Gardens.

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