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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? in south-eastern Peru. These Blasts From The Past ZooBorns?!?

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Be Careful What You Wish For: A Punter’s Guide to the World Birding Rally

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Hugh Powell is a science editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Hugh, who years ago helped me find my first Pauraque in the Rio Grande Valley , visited Peru as part of the 2014 World Birding Rally, where he stopped thinking of himself as an experienced birder. Come to Peru, they said.

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Fall Migration on Facebook

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This is by no means an exact science. Later in October, Cerulean and Blackburnian Warbler from the Eastern humid Andes of Peru began to show up in Facebook posts. Shorebirds flagged in Peru. Shorebirds appeared in posts by folks from Peru, Chile and Argentina not from folks from Central America. Cerulean Warbler.

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The Tufted Jays of Nayarit

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They are listed by the IUCN as near-threatened and their scarcity and localized distribution is indicated by the fact that they were only discovered by science in 1935. They cannot be confused with any other Mexican jay and the only similar species is the White-tailed Jay of Ecuador and Peru. A Tufted Jay poses nicely.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. Colonialism and appropriation of knowledge is discussed in Chapter 6, The New World of Science.

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Global Big Day in Costa Rica

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The Lab also acts as the heart and soul for the very popular (and often addictive) citizen science gem known as eBird. Numerous projects take place that monitor bird populations and help educate people of all ages about birds. Costa Rica is one of those places.

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Why Do Penguins Wear Tuxedos?

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Fossils of a giant extinct penguin, Inkayacu paracasensis were found a while back in Peru. Fossil Evidence for Evolution of the Shape and Color of Penguin Feathers Science, 330 (6006), 954-957 DOI: 10.1126/science.1193604 One part of this question can be answered with some very interesting recent research. Salas-Gismondi, R.,

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