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JULY 4, 2017

Raptors of Mexico and Central America by William S. This is the first identification guide that I know of that covers Mexico (technically North America but rarely included in North American raptor guides) and Central America. Wheeler and William S. Clark and N. klak-klak, keeear!

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Mexico America North America Falcons 162

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

Here are some things I’ve learned from the Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean by Scott Weidensaul: The Burrowing Owl is the only North American owl species where the male is larger than the female, albeit, only slightly larger. And the term is ‘non-reversed size dimorphism.’).

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North America Owls America Dominican Republic 221

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MAY 24, 2020

North America is home to many amazing bird species, including several which require a special effort to see and appreciate. In the summer, they are the highest altitude breeding songbird in North America. New Mexico Nature & Culture. So let’s look at this sampler, shall we? Painted Bunting by Carlos Sanchez.

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America Arizona North America Texas 262

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

Terns are too often considered the baby brothers and sisters of gulls, and if you don’t agree, take a look at the number of books written about gulls (at least four in recent years) and then try to remember the last book you read about terns of North America. It’s also a beautiful book to look through.

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North America America Species Groups 202

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APRIL 21, 2021

The Cinnamon-rumped Flowerpiercer is the only flower-piercing game in town if you live in North America. And yes, Mexico is part of North America, not Central or South America.) Apparently this is the perfect design for floral backstabbing. Behold, the very specialized bill.

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Costa Rica South America North America Venezuela 248

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The Durango Highway is arguably one of North America’s great birding roads due to the great variety of habitats, the spectacular mountain scenery of the Sierra Madre Occidental, and the numerous Mexican endemics one can target. Mexico is great for those who love biogeography!

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Mexico Costa Rica Arizona Birds 191

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JULY 1, 2020

One of the reasons Mexico is such a great birding area is that, while it shares all sorts of bird groups with the United States and Canada, it also is home to some of the northernmost representatives of neotropical and genera that do not (or just barely) reach that far north, such as Woodcreepers, Tityras, and Trogons.

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South America Mexico America United States 264

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MAY 25, 2022

Towhees are large, ground-hugging sparrows that occur only in North America. Down here in central Mexico, the Canyon Towhee is a constant presence in open areas, including in my garden and around our church. They belong to either the Pipilo or Melozone genera, or perhaps both, as their taxonomy is still a point of contention.

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Mexico North America 2015 Sparrows 206

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Now, it is much easier for me to achieve first-time sightings of species in Europe than it is in Mexico, at this point of the game. An Osprey , member of a worldwide species I can also see in Mexico, was also more generous with the photos. Oystercatchers are unquestionably cool birds, and, even in North America, a rare treat.

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Spain Mexico Europe North America 177

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JULY 8, 2020

One of the ways I could describe the unique mix of birds I can see here in southwestern Mexico, would be to divide our species into five categories. We also have many species that we share with the rest of Mexico, Central America, and/or the southwest of the United States. You have to know where to look for them.

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Mexico Birds Honduras United States 192

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MAY 27, 2021

By the time the Terra ships we expect the automated ID to work very well in North America and Northern Mexico, and we will expand it throughout the Americas, the UK and Europe, and then across the globe.” ” Wow, right? But also, what’s that about a Kickstarter?

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North America Science America Europe 261

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MARCH 4, 2020

So I am writing these words on Tuesday night in my home in Mexico, rather than waking up in Paris prior to flying to Istanbul. This is significant because range maps suggest that this species does indeed winter along Mexico’s Pacific coast, but does not cross the wider part of central Mexico to return to eastern North America.

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Species Mexico Jordan Turkey 159

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APRIL 21, 2013

elegans ) are the largest rails in the Americas. Their taxonomic status long has been unclear due to their overall similarity and the fact that in eastern North America and Cuba, they hybridize. King Rails occur widely in eastern North America, in eastern and central Mexico, and in Cuba. What do you think?

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Species North America Cuba Louisiana 218

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JULY 31, 2019

The one migratory species, aptly named the Common Yellowthroat , can be seen almost anywhere in North America. Another one, the Masked Yellowthroat , can be found in five unconnected resident territories over much of South America. Both are marsh-dwelling species.

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Mexico Bahamas South America Panama 192

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Mexico has a good number of greenish or rusty Woodpeckers. But the Great Swallow-tailed Swift is one of the largest Swifts in North America. I live in Mexico! Pretty much the same story as my #5, the Greater Flamingo, except that I did see this lifer in Mexico. Iberian Green Woodpecker, Madrid, Spain.

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Austria Spain 2019 Birds 146

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It’s not clear how many of the plates have been touched up, redrawn or are new, and I hope we’ll learn more about the process, perhaps when the third book in the series by Howell and Dyer, a new guide to the birds of Mexico, is published.* Why are these issues? Sullivan, 2015), Offshore Sea Life ID Guide: East Coast (with Brian L.

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 212

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JUNE 16, 2021

In fact, the best known member of the family, Central America’s aptly-named Resplendent Quetzal , looks less like Michoacán’s trogons than, say, Africa’s Narina Trogon , or the Red-naped Trogon of Indonesia. Honesty requires that I confess to having seen none of these species. Wikipedia has been used.). Which you should.

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Mexico Indonesia North America Arizona 182

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AUGUST 28, 2019

One of the ironies of birding in North America is that the easiest way to see many species that breed on the shores of the Arctic Ocean is to go to tropical coastlands. Whimbrels, Sanderlings, and Semipalmated Plovers are all species that breed in the extreme north, but there they were in the suffocating heat of Lázaro Cárdenas. (Don’t

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North America Mexico Breeding America 121

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APRIL 5, 2019

Despite their foreign origin, introduced gamebirds in North America seem to enjoy a better reputation among birders than other nonnative birds. And because of the resemblance they bear to their New World cousins in the family Phasianidae , they even look the part of an “authentic” wild bird in North America.

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North America Vermont America Farming 113

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Heermann’s Gulls form large breeding colonies on arid islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico, from March through July. If you want to learn a lot about bird species, I find “Birds of North America Online” the best resource on the net. References: 1 Birds of North America Online , 2 BirdLife International.

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San Francisco North America Seals Sanctuary 158

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MAY 24, 2016

One of the most impressive birds in North America is the Golden Eagle. It is found as far north as Alaska and as far south as Mexico, taking its place as one of Mexico’s official symbols. ” The bird is massive. ” The bird is massive. In fact, the caracara has been called the “Mexican Eagle.”

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Albania Mexico Eagles Kazakhstan 101

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Like many warblers the Nashville Warbler breeds in North America and winters in Mexico. I feel rather fortunate having this visitor to my yard as Birds of North America Online states that they are an “uncommon fall migrant in California” usually in August and September.

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Nashville North America Jordan Mississippi 184

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MAY 23, 2020

May migration in many parts of eastern North America was and is an amazing natural celebration. Yes, another bird looked for by North American birders in places just north of Mexico. but when Magnolia Warblers are flitting in the trees and Black-throated Blue Warblers are in sight, what can I say?

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Costa Rica Panama Nashville Baltimore 264

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APRIL 29, 2020

There were Least Sandpipers on the lake’s south shore, and Western Sandpipers on the north shore. Both are beginning to show their reproductive plumage, which is a rare sight here in Mexico. How on earth do they breed so quickly up north?) And there were lots of them! So there, I learned something new.

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Mexico Breeding Ducks North America 164

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AUGUST 17, 2016

The country of Mexico as a whole, is host to 27 different species of doves, with the California Baja Sure home to six. While the White-winged Dove is a resident of the southern half of the US and all of Mexico, in the past few years it has been expanding it territory north towards Canada.

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San Jose North America Mexico America 100

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APRIL 3, 2018

Of the 300 hummingbird species across the globe, North America only sees fewer than two dozen of them. Almost half of the bird species in North America have been seen here; and there are 16 state and four federal birds on the threatened or endangered list. Rufous hummingbird, Photo © Robin L.

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Texas North America Alaska America 175

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Super Hot-spot: Veracruz River of Raptors, Chichicaxtle, Mexico – Central Flyway. Super Hot-spot: Veracruz River of Raptors, Chichicaxtle, Mexico – Central Flyway. Fall count to date: 58,444. Super Hot-spot: Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, Waynesboro, VA – Atlantic Flyway. Fall count to date: 18,417. Fall count to date: 122,624.

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Belize Mississippi Bald Eagle Mexico 212

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

I have taken refuge on the high ground as Irene batters the east coast of North America and Nanmadol swamps the Philipines, Taiwan and east China, but my thoughts and best wishes are with anyone who has been affected by the storms. They look quite similar too at first glance, except for the white brow and rufous cheek of the warbler.

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Costa Rica Mexico Taiwan Honduras 202

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

The main wintering area for Ross’s Goose ( Chen rossii ) is presently in the Central Valley of California, though increasing numbers winter in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, and the north-central highlands of Mexico 1. The Ross’s Goose is the smallest variety of the white geese that breed in North America.

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Geese South Dakota Sacramento Arkansas 153

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OCTOBER 15, 2011

House Wrens are found from Canada to the southern end of South America which makes them the most widespread bird in the Western Hemisphere, though there are several potential or rejected splits. There is also a variety of races of House Wren in the Lesser Antilles that may end up as an additional or several additional species.

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Mexico South America North America Arizona 202

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

American Goldfinches are found in much of the United States all year round, spreading their range to Canada in the summer, and into the southern United States and Mexico in the winter.

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New Jersey United States Legislature Iowa 150

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

They inhabit the grasslands, shrub steppes, and deserts of western and central North America. The latest study I found was a migration study which included Canada, the United States and Mexico done by the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. link] References: 1 Birds of North America Online , 2 Olendorff, R.

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Squirrels Prairie Dogs North America Rabbits 156

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Instead, they are summer visitors, moving up to Colorado in the warm months to breed before returning to wintering grounds in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. Unlike many other official birds, the Lark Bunting is not a year-round resident.

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Colorado Legislature North America New Mexico 101

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Eastward, frequency of individuals with black on auriculars, neck, and back increases; southward into Mexico, nearly all adult males have completely black upperparts 1. References: 1 Birds of North America Online. Click on photos for full sized images. This is their range map courtesy of NatureServe Explorer.

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California Species North America Oregon 165

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JANUARY 26, 2014

The Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Setophaga coronata ) complex is one of the most abundant and widespread representatives of the New World warbler family in North America, present in many parts of the United States even through the winter months, when the birds feed on small fruits and other foods, including sap. 2011; Milá et al.

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United States 2011 Guatemala North America 233

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MAY 4, 2021

With two of North America’s major flyways, Mississippi and Central, overhead, and with almost 400 miles of coastline Louisiana is one of those states where you can see Eastern and Western birds and a hell of a lot of shorebirds and waterfowl. (The And there are the birds.

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Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

For the most part the Black-footed Albatross is an all-American bird, with 97% of their population breeding in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (in the District of Hawaii), and a few others breeding in islands owned by Mexico and Japan. They are rather attractive birds, almost completely a deep chocolatey brown as opposed to most albies.

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Albatross Hawaii North America California 157