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Back from the Second Birding Rally Challenge in Northern Peru

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I am back home and recovered from the Birding Rally Challenge in Northern Peru (Rally). Photo: Peru Birding Rally. The idea behind the Rally was to highlight Peru as a birding and nature travel destination. Photo: Peru Birding Rally. Photo: Peru Birding Rally. How do I describe the Rally? The E-birders in action.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru? • Explore These Related Posts What is the National Bird of Honduras?

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Conservation / Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru? Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru? Guano Still Collected in Peru Counting Birds: Will Microphones Replace Nets?

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Protection for a fee: Band-tailed Gulls and Red-legged Cormorants

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Frigatebirds don’t occur in the cold waters of the coast of Peru and Chile, but Band-tailed Gulls (Larus belcheri) have developed similar strategy. This system of “fee” in exchange for protection from being overwhelmed by many thieves seems to work. It is, to some extent, a win-win situation.

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Check out Birding Experiences in Costa Rica

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Promote bird protection and conservation. Actively birding in Costa Rica as well as Nicaragua and Panama as well as the USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. We strive to: Focus on the needs of the client. In brief, birds are our passion, and we would love to help organize your birdwatching trip to Costa Rica.

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Where am I Birding the Second Week of May?

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I was incredibly lucky to be invited –again- to participate on the second edition of the World Birding Rally Challenge in Northern Peru. Four teams with renowned birders from United States, South Africa and United Kingdom will travel through the diverse and endemic bird rich region of Northern Peru, from May 12 thought May 20, 2014.

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Location, Location

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My friend Jorge Tiravanti snapped the fetured photo of a female Giant Hummingbird nesting on rebars sticking out of concrete bridge wall in Cusco, Peru. If one compares the traditional cacti nesting site with the rebar nest on the bridge wall, the cacti site appears to provide better protection when chicks are left alone.

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