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Birding Acapulco

10,000 Birds

The third weekend of January, I travelled to the coastal city of Acapulco to give a seminar on family finances at a church there. As if the Chachalaca and Magpie-Jay noises weren’t enough, there were also many pairs of White-fronted Parrots screeching as they flew overhead, though I never managed a photo of those.

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Birding in a Hellmouth

10,000 Birds

I remember going to a health and safety seminar and struggling to identify potential pitfalls. Much more exciting was the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot that shot past, followed, on the rather slippery path to the caves, by several Rufous-winged Philentomas. Maybe I’d trip on rocks walking to the cave?

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