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Urban Birding in Costa Rica- Benefits of Brushy Fields and Coffee Farms

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We might have a few small farms nearby and the gift of a narrow riparian zone out back but in general, the main habitat is that of the modern human kind; housing and streets (lamposts included). The grass also hosts many Yellow Warblers, Tennessees can appear too and during migration, Dickcissels can be common.

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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said Alix Parks of Happinest Wildlife Rehab in Tennessee. “Almost restores your faith in humanity!” Occasionally a lucky wildlife rehabilitator will come across a perfectionist who not only delivers the wildlife in a proper cardboard box, but adds the name of the rehab center and lovely artwork to boot. ” I wrote.

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What is the State Bird of Florida?

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This common bird is also the state bird for Arkansas, Texas (another avian hot spot), Tennessee, and Mississippi, so Florida even misses points for originality. Think as a human you are immune? The striking Snail Kite? Florida went with the Northern Mockingbird , found in all lower 48 states. Think again!

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Of Nesting Spoonbills, Nestling Flamingos, Left-the-Nest Shearwaters, and Mystery Gulls

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Speaking of birds in nests, five Chilean Flamingo chicks who were raised by a human “surrogate dad” at a British wildlife center have now graduated to joining the adults in the center’s colony. The hope is that their presence while inspire the grown-ups to breeding success.

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When Is Bird Baiting OK?

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This is a Tennessee Warbler that was drawn to a manmade stream at the South Padre Island Convention Center, a stream set up specifically to attract warblers, tanagers, vireos, etc so people can see them and even photograph them. The birds were so desperate for food that they would fly into a human to get a morsel of food.

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82-foot-long “Rescue Rig” on Way to Missouri

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Following the devastating tornado that ravaged Joplin, Missouri, American Humane Association has mobilized its famed Red Star Animal Emergency Services™ team to help the animal victims there. Ganzert, president and CEO of American Humane Association. About American Humane Association.

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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

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That means crows join humans, apes and monkeys in exhibiting advanced relational thinking, according to the research. I knew a guy who studied depression in a group of people living in the Andes, where periods of depression appeared to come on when the humans detected infrasound caused by distant thunderstorms.

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