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Monterrey Meetings

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Monterrey is a big industrial city, with industrious people. Our main goal here was the Maroon-fronted Parrot. These parrots breed inside cavities in cliffs and they are very particular about the cliff. Several of my clients sponsor a project right near the parrot cliff. It was amazing.

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Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

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Logging roads have opened up vast areas to commercial hunting, leading to industrial-scale poaching and a more than 60 per cent drop in the region’s Forest Elephant population in less than a decade. At the same time, 50% of the Congo Basin forest has now been allocated for logging and this region loses close to 1.5

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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

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Blog readers sharing their house with a noisy teenager may consider replacing him or her with a Brown-headed Parrot , given this statement on a pet website : “Brown-Headed Parrot boasts another very desirable trait – these are very quiet parrots! Ostrich industry in Egypt. They are great for apartment settings.

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Las Terrazas de Dana Boutique Lodge & Spa

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We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic. Bronze Winged Parrot is easy to see at our hotel area as are different species of toucans, like the Choco Toucan. Please consider using the services described in this post or any of the other posts we are sharing this February.

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Check Out Outbirding with Field Guides

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We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic. 10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. Please consider using the services described in this post or any of the other posts we are sharing this February.

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Post Apocalyptic Steampunk Birding

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Set in an abandoned oil refinery where wildlife is slowly regaining control save for the desperate attempts of golfers to retain all eighteen holes, industrial ghosts loom over rolling freshwater lakes bordered by fifty foot tall trees. Noisy Yellow-crowned Parrots indicated that it was time to stop the car and get out.

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The Brazilian Pepper and the birds that love it

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For some of the parrots, parakeets, and other exotic birds with established populations in the State, Brazilian Pepper appears to be important for their survival. For the honeybee and citrus industry blooming Brazilian Pepper are key to the well being of bee hives in times outside the blooming period of citrus trees.

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