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Highlights from a Cancelled Pelagic Trip in Costa Rica

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Another vagrant that has been hanging out in Costa Rica, an individual of this duck species from either Peru or the Galapagos has been living at the shorebird hotspot of Punta Morales for more than a month. On our fateful day, this rare vagrant for Costa Rica perched on a nearby ferry for wonderful views. White-cheeked Pintail !

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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The Index lists names, places, birds (by complete common name), and most of the book’s subjects (conservation, cruelty, extinction, morality, but ‘god’ is limited to animal gods).

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Birding – An Extreme Sport

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He subsequently leaves for Peru and gets kidnapped and killed by Sendero Luminoso – the local brand of Maoists. Called the family doctor, went by, and got sent to the Tropical Diseases Institute without her taking as much as my pulse… Not good for one’s morale, I can tell you. She died in a car accident during a birding trip.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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You may not agree with it… but for millions of people across this nation hunting is a moral thing to do. .&# And then you seem to have no tolerance of a voice that that has a different viewpoint. It is OK for people to like to hunt. This proposed hunting season will clearly not impact the eastern population of sandhill cranes.

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