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Promote bird protection and conservation. Actively birding in Costa Rica as well as Nicaragua and Panama as well as the USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. We strive to: Focus on the needs of the client. In brief, birds are our passion, and we would love to help organize your birdwatching trip to Costa Rica.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Others were established to protect specific bird species or subspecies. But they primary protect land, an essential but dwindling avian resource. Bosque del Apache NWR (New Mexico). One way to support and protect the system is to visit a refuge, including the top-notch birding locations on this list. Anahuac NWR (Texas).

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JUNE 25, 2022

Some ways to help this incredible bird include supporting the Macaw Recovery Network , any efforts to protect and reforest habitat from eastern Honduras to eastern Panama and northern Colombia, and never buying a Great Green Macaw. Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata). Guanacaste Hummingbird (Amazilia alfaroensis).

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JULY 21, 2018

As we enter the second century of protecting, preserving, and respecting our wild spaces, certainly no one would actually consider undoing, reversing, and exploiting our national parks, forests, and monuments. Chaco Cultural National Historic Park, a World Heritage Site in New Mexico, teeters back and forth with ongoing lawsuits.

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Occurring mostly in southern regions, close to the Gulf of Mexico, SLE is mosquito-borne. Now that you are aware of the diseases that can be caused by mosquitoes, you may be wondering how to prevent these illnesses and protect your pets. You can choose various models that can protect up to an acre of land without obstruction.

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JUNE 28, 2017

As the dog days of summer descend upon us here in Mexico, many of our avian residents have bailed out and headed back north to avoid the summertime heat. I have never encountered the white morph birds here in Mexico, so we have very little problem with identification, that you might find with the all white birds.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Fed by the freshwater of Henderson Creek, the bay eventually flows into the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike many other estuaries in this part of Florida, Rookery Bay is protected by the Estuarine Research Reserve system, and remains almost entirely undeveloped. Rookery Bay is dominated by mangrove, a mix of Red, White, and Black varieties.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 26, 2008

The ALDF has released a report on how different states' animal protection laws stack up. Among the best: California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon.

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JUNE 12, 2019

For my state of Michoacán in central Mexico, Lago de Cuitzeo is an unusually poor site for our specialty, which is west-Mexico-only endemics. Perhaps you like them enough to have supported legislation protecting wetlands in the United States and Canada. The post Who cares for your ducks in the winter?

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

I love living in central Mexico, and miss very few things about living in the U.S. Of course, I also love birding in Mexico, with its 1,000+ species, and seemingly infinite variety of habitats. Mexico, like many developing countries, has a terrible problem with habitat destruction. We should protect it wherever we can.

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MAY 3, 2022

It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. Corps of Engineers to protect Galveston Bay at the end of the 19th-century. You just need to know where to look.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

” So, it is established: this is a film about migrant birds and the people who work to protect them in south Texas and northern Mexico. Birders is directed by Otilia Portillo Padua of Mexico, and was funded by a grant from the Sundance Institute. ” and then adds, “The border wall is no barrier to birds.”

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MAY 25, 2018

Found in the Western United States and Canada in the spring and summer, the hummers spend the winter season in Mexico and along the Gulf Coast. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, “its roughly 3,900-mile movement (one-way) from Alaska to Mexico is equivalent to 78,470,000 body lengths.”

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MAY 29, 2019

This town sits at the edge of a river in Mexico’s Tierra Caliente (Hot Country), an inland basin between the coastal Sierra Madre del Sur and the much higher Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Before ending this post, I feel I must address the issue of safe birding in Mexico. Sometimes, Pygmy Owls look rather fierce.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2015

This spectacular, turkey-like bird roams the floor of tropical forests from eastern Mexico south to northwestern Ecuador. That changes in Costa Rica, where the vulnerable Great Curassow is easily seen at several protected sites. It also ranges widely from Mexico south to western Ecuador. Ain’t I great?

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OCTOBER 29, 2022

Established to protect a watershed and used for environmental education in the eastern Central Valley, Rio Loro has a few nice trails, picnic tables, and even has a small canopy tower (!). In fact, the first one I ever saw was a wintering bird in Mexico. It didn’t open until eight but the visit was still a good one.

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JULY 19, 2017

This little town of about 100 is located right next to what is considered the largest coral reef in all of Mexico [link] which is very well protected with in the boundaries of a Federal Marine Reserve. Here in the Mexico desert, a light breeze and 100 degree F° temps will have to do.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

Tallahassee is surrounded by lakes, springs, and forest, located only 30-45 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico. After all, the refuge was established in 1931 to protect the wintering grounds of migratory species, and my head has already filled with dreams of crisp, cool hikes, trusty binoculars over my shoulder. The post Returning to St.

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MARCH 29, 2017

Even our local Greater Sage Grouse , which now are receiving a huge effort at habitat protection, and restoration, were just those really cool birds out in the desert. Now that I am here in Mexico, I finally found them! There is little doubt about the serious nature of the threat to this bird.

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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. I guess they like the area as much as I do!

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JANUARY 7, 2023

And I have protected and cared for other native plants that have turned up on their own, particularly granjenos , which have now begun to produce their first tasty red fruits. And my botanist friend gifted me some cucamelon seeds; this wild cucumber (native to Mexico) looks exactly like a tiny watermelon.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

Mexico's first "anti-bullfighting" town has signed a petition calling on the United Nations to approve a universal declaration on animal welfare. From Latino Fox News.

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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. Hopefully greater focus on Lark Buntings and other grassland species will promote additional conservation measures and protect them from further population problems.

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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. In fact, it is their reliance on seeds that actually protects them against Brown-headed Cowbirds , the famous parasitic nesters.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

When you travel north of La Paz, Mexico, staying on the Sea of Cortez side of the Baja, you will encounter the phosphate mines of San Juan De La Costa. Exploring one of the rugged, 4×4 side roads, my wife and I ran across a very nicely treed little valley that ended up against some steep protective rocks.

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MAY 12, 2016

In one big wave the Black Skimmers and Least Terns arrived on the Panhandle, filling the skies with their unique calls and patrolling the bays and Gulf of Mexico for prey. While protection efforts are underway on the beaches, I am gratified that populations can still survive on non-traditional nesting grounds!

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JUNE 29, 2016

We are in search of the warm and sunny climate that Mexico has to offer. The bulk of the boats will stop just before making this turn, in the little protected bay called Bahia Los Frailes. For the most of the visitors to Baja California Sur, the name Los Frailes means little or nothing.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The added publicity – the bird now appears on Aruba currency and stamps – will draw attention to needed conservation and protection efforts. Burrowing Owls also gained greater recognition after a 2006 film, “ Hoot ,” was released.

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AUGUST 2, 2015

There are a few places where that is especially obvious, and one of those is the town of Cape Coral, just north of Naples along the Gulf of Mexico. It’s a family vacation, sure, but there’s always time for birding and in Florida, the birding often finds you.

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The species ranges north well into Canada in the summer months, but in the winter they make for the southern coasts or down to Mexico. Trees get pretty cold in the winter, especially when you’re all by your lonesome with no one to cuddle. So the Hoary Bat is migratory.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

A Northern Potoo by Nick Athanas Northern Potoos are found from Mexico to Costa Rica and on the islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola. You see, potoos don’t require a nest to protect - or hide - their eggs and young. In reality though, this is actually a pretty stellar nesting strategy.

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MAY 20, 2014

The Horned Guan is not just one of, if not THE standout birds of Mexico and Guatemala, but of the entire world. Endemic to mountaintop cloud forest patches in Chiapas and Guatemala, perhaps occurring at a maximum of six locations in Mexico and a handful more in Guatemala, the Horned Guan is restricted to a tiny, fragmented range.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

After leaving the sunny weather of Mexico, setting out for a short hike with morning temperature of 28 degrees was a shock to my system, to say the least. Established in 1974 to protect the delta, which is formed where the fresh water of the Nisqually River meets to nutrient rich, tidal salt water of the Puget Sound.

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MAY 9, 2017

Although not federal “lands,” these federal marine protected areas— Channel Islands , Cordell Bank , Greater Farallones , Monterey Bay and Olympic Coast —provide critical foraging areas for seabirds. All only spend a small—albeit critical—portion of their lives on their breeding grounds.

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JULY 20, 2019

Seen Green Violetear in Mexico and Costa Rica? But, birds in eastern Mexico have even more blue and are now their own species so Lesson’s Motmot it is. However, no matter how one enjoys or takes in interest in the avian side of life, an official list of the birds for a given area is of vital importance. Hummingbird changes.

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Critter News

JANUARY 13, 2009

At the end of 2007, the World Society for the Protection of Animals selected the McKee Project to work on spay/neuter programs in Guatemala. Although they are best known for their work in Costa Rica, they also work in Mexico and Panama. This is a great group that I've spotlighted before.

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JULY 11, 2017

We had hit state and nationally protected areas, and now were ready for Cedar Key city gems. Through an ongoing effort on the part of local citizens and grant organizations, Cemetery Point Park sits at the edge of the shallows of the Gulf of Mexico. Our energy climbed with our species count.

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