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Some Birding News about Birders in Costa Rica

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Like a spy or avian investigator, I can scope them right through the front door, watch them at will. I have found myself listening to babbler songs and wondering which ones I may have heard in the distant forests of Thailand. Despite the constant noise of tractors and dump trucks, they insist on survival and sing on.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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The second section of the book, The Present, describes the current state of research on the Kirtland’s Warbler in the form of you-are-there stories about projects investigating the bird’s nesting success requirements and diet, both in Michigan and the Bahamas. It’s clear that this is a writing project performed with avian devotion and love.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

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Here is what the HBW lists as priorities for future research: “The taxonomic identity of Orange-bellied Leafbird in many areas remain to be investigated. Hill ranges in eastern Myanmar and western Thailand are also suspected to be the intergradation zone between C. Interested in doing research on the Orange-bellied Leafbird ?

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