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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 (!). Yes, you read that right. Violet Sabrewing.

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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. Wicked, right?

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Welcome, Wood Warblers!

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What I feel right now is joy at their return. 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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