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Shearwater Chase in Costa Rica

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At first, the birds were absent, it was just that one shearwater, a sad lost Eastern Kingbird flying low over the waves, and groups of Brown Boobies making a beeline to feeding grounds. a couple sea turtles, and a jumping sailfish but no birds. Including this one perched on a sea turtle.

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Habitat Mash-up

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Trogons, flycatchers and most conspicuous of the lot – a group of Channel-billed Toucans. I managed to see my first Loggerhead Turtle within the mangroves, an unfortunate soul that became trapped within the maze of roots during an exceptionally high tide and lost its life. Channel-billed Toucan.

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For Wildlife Emergencies, Contact Animal Help Now

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There are sections on transport, wildlife career info, and domestic animal issues; there are links to other wildlife organizations, wildlife and law enforcement agencies in several states, and contacts for marine mammal and sea turtle strandings. . Animal Help Now, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, was founded in Colorado in 2011.

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Turtles of the World: A Guide To Every Family–A Book Review by a Turtle Lover

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It’s useful to remember the names of the two suborders of Testudines (the reptile order that includes all turtles): Cryptodira (turtles that retract their heads vertically and sea turtles–most of the turtles in the world) and Pleurodirans (turtles that retract their heads sideways).

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When a Gray Kingbird Becomes the Bird of the Weekend

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I had spent the morning on Navarre Beach, walking the pier looking for sea turtles and dolphins, then making my way down the beach. I was about 90% sure I had seen a group of Gray Kingbirds at the Emerald Coast Visitor’s Center on Okaloosa Island. Sometimes great birding days are not about all the birds you see.

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Oil to Hit US Shore Either this Sunday or Monday

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Right now, there are still no confirmed deaths due to the spill, but rescue groups are gearing up for the worst. The animals threatened most by the spill are bluefin tuna, sea turtles, brown pelicans, shrimp and sharks. That's when the full impact of the oil spill on wildlife will be seen.

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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The book’s twelve chapters can be divided into groups of 5, 5, 1 and 1. The first five chapters focus on natural history and evolutionary thought. The 11th chapter is on research and conservation challenges.

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