10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2020

Daniel Cadena — “The Origin and Future of a Tropical Diversity Hotspot” Beyond that, I primarily limited myself to the subject matter of hurricane impacts on birds and anything about Puerto Rico. He then compared those habitats to protected areas, finding that much of the future habitat is currently unprotected.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

Parrots Over Puerto Rico is a wonderland of colors and shapes. The story of the Puerto Rican Amazon, also known as the Puerto Rico Parrot, Parrots Over Puerto Rico is illustrated with deeply hued collages created by Susan L. In 1967 only 24 parrots were living in El Yunque.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Despite the Central American nation being occasionally confused with Puerto Rico, Costa Rica is not an island, it doesn’t really count as “Caribbean birding”, so what gives? Go to Costa Rica and you will be looking at other birds but you can still get in some Caribbean slope birding. Good Lowland Forest Birding.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

Monk Parakeet is the only parrot species that builds its own nest. Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold. The question is why these natives of rural areas in southern South America (east of the Andes) have been so spectacularly successful in establishing their colonies. The answer lies in the nests.

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