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How To Raise A Baby Bird

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With so much information on the Internet about how to raise an orphaned wild bird, how do you decide which advice to follow? Not only that, it’s rare to find descriptions of the dozens of other issues which stand in the way of a captive-raised wild bird surviving her release. Wild birds cannot be raised alone.

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How To Raise A Baby Bird – Professional Advice With Photos

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With so much information on the Internet about how to raise an orphaned wild bird, how do you decide which advice to follow? Not only that, it’s rare to find descriptions of the dozens of other issues which stand in the way of a captive-raised wild bird surviving her release. Wild birds cannot be raised alone.

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The Uncommon Demise of a Wood Thrush in Costa Rica

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They don’t need to be professional bird killers either, predators only need to be in the right place at the right time. In Costa Rica, they can take the form of everything from toucans (think crows with giant shark inspired beaks) to herons and monkeys. The Collared Aracari is a small toucan with a sharp beak.

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Birding Balangshan, Sichuan, China (part 3)

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DNA fingerprinting has been used to show that, within broods, there is often mixed paternity, although the female is always the true mother of the nestlings raised within her nest. When seen from the right angle, the females are quite attractive as well. I still do not like monkeys very much. At least that is what Bella thinks.

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Why Red-ruffed Fruitcrow?

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Santuario de Flora y Fauna Otún Quimbaya is an exquisite national park in Risaralda, Colombia that is home to more than 300 bird species along with tons of butterflies and amazing mammals like Spectacled Bears , Red Howler Monkeys , Two-toed Sloths , and Tapirs. Like the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow.

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End of the Road Birding in Costa Rica at Luna Lodge

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Lots of monkeys there too. In Central America, that translates to King Vultures , flocks of Scarlet Macaws , exciting mixed flocks, lots of uncommon forest birds, daily monkeys, and trails with the tracks of Puma, tapir, and Jaguar. As befits an end of the road destination, Luna Lodge is true wilderness birding.

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Tree-Eating Swans

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With their high cellulose content and often raised levels of toxins drawn from the ground, mature leaves can be very difficult to digest so a folivore needs specialised equipment and adapted behaviour to be able to live off them. As it happens, I thought this thought out loud in just the right place.

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