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Veraguan Mango – Panama's ex-endemic

10,000 Birds

Like when Cleveland local Lebron James showed up in Miami and started playing basketball for the Heat. James has led professional wildlife and birding tours for 15 years and his passion for birding and remote cultures has taken him to far corners of the earth from the Amazon and Australia to Africa and Madagascar.

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Miami Mega Mall vs. Everglades National Park

10,000 Birds

The Miami-Dade County Commission approved development of ‘the largest shopping mall in North America’ with a vote of 9-1 last week. This fragile ecosystem is home to 344 feathered species, 300 fish species (salt- and freshwater), 50 species of reptiles, 40 mammal species, and 36 listed species (threatened and/or protected). Wood Stork.

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