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Another Endemic Amazona

10,000 Birds

Many of these species are declining in number, having to share their limited geographical range with an expanding human population without a doubt impedes their ability to proliferate as needed. Some islands host one or two species, others more than twenty. Vincent Parrot began in the 1980s and have continued into the present.

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Back to the Forest ? but first, Flamingos!

10,000 Birds

Fortunately, I live in Trinidad and Tobago – a twin-island nation that boasts the second highest density of bird species in the world. Birders who are lucky enough to live near Trinidad’s west coast have been reporting up to two hundred American Flamingos from various locations along the coastline. Variegated Flycatcher.

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