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Birding Acapulco

10,000 Birds

These goods, purchased with Mexican silver, would then be transported overland through Mexico City, and shipped from Veracruz to Spain. We saw lots of the usual Heron, Egret, Cormorant, and Pelican suspects. But this Bare-necked Tiger-Heron was a real treat for me. This was a rare early example of a globalized economy.

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Panama Trip Report: April 2017

10,000 Birds

TRANSPORTATION. Brown Pelican. Rufescent Tiger-Heron. In fact, we saw two species of monkey, our only sloths, lots of coatis, and my rarest ever mammal sighting—a Jaguarundi —right on site. All in all, the Radisson Summit delivered what we all wanted. The view from our window at Radisson Summit. Neotropic Cormorant.

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