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Looking for Lost Warblers at Parque Rio Loro, Costa Rica

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Those would be birds like Nashville, Black-throated Blue, Prairie, and Cape-May Warblers. 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 (!).

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Can An Early Arriving Spring Bird Survive Late Snow?

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Mallard s are a good example, a hearty and endurable bird that can survive sub zero temperatures so long as they found ample supplies of food like corn and some open water to roost on and be protected from coyotes and foxes. Above is a photo of Yellow-rumped Warblers and a Nashville Warbler feeding off of some discarded frames for a beehive.

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Manky Muscovy Ducks

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Part 1 Freeport Pelagic Trip: 9/16/07 Nashville in New York Collared! Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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The potential for contagion through clicking on links has long been acknowledged and with a desire to protect our precious readers, the links have been discontinued. Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla). 149 checklists were submitted, accounting for 465 species. Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera).

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Welcome, Wood Warblers!

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It was not easy to get photos, both because the cloud cover was dense, and because I was protecting my camera from water damage. I did not yet see Orange-crowned , Nashville , MacGillivray’s , or Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warblers. But the Warblers were certainly happy.

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Birds in Winter: A Book Review, Written in Winter

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These complexities multiply when describing the winter (and pre-winter and post-winter) lives of more than one, in this case, any and all species that have been studied for their migratory, winter feeding and protective movements, or any related behavior.

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