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Not just for the birds

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But our rainy season, while bad for wildlife photography, has encouraged some beautiful non-feathered life forms. And while this poisonous species is usually red and spotted, older examples can lose their spots and take on an orange hue. ” These guys would have let me pet them, had I been so inclined. (As

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The Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

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But, as I have already shown in one of my two posts about visiting Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, that is exactly what the boat load of birders I was with got the chance to see way back at the beginning of March. Green Iguanas range from southern Mexico and the Caribbean islands to South America and are relatively common.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. Cocker writes about the species within each family with a literary specificity softened by a tone of conversational patience.

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Combined Beats’ List, May 2016

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Dragan continues to be teacher’s pet simply by sharing as he goes. All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Big Egg Marsh.

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Birds Worth The Trip

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One was to piggyback on Patrick O’Donnell’s interesting article about winter warblers in Costa Rica, since his list is quite different from my list for central Mexico. (I “Respect this area; it is the home of wildlife. Entry with your pet is forbidden: no dogs; they scare wildlife.