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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

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Which leaves me with quite a few choices – practically the entire tropical belt, right? I am thinking of a relatively stable/prosperous bird-paradise where one may be able to find a job in ecotourism or wildlife research… or, to begin with, as a resident environmental scientist / nature blogger in some wildlife lodge?

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Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

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Nick wrote a guest post on Forpus passerinus and the Ornithologists of Masaguaral which was full of passion, humor, and insight into his work while on location in Venezuela. Getting intimate with a species over the course of the breeding cycle is one of the more rewarding aspects of birding, and field research too.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

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A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. The accounts aim for specificity and authority; dates and locations of rarity sightings are given, and research articles on nesting and behavior are cited. How could I, the librarian, end up with an outdated field guide?

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Birding Inirida, Colombia, a forest so young that birds still have no names, part 1

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They were too childish, right? Manakin also has an agreement with WWF regarding conservation, environmental education and research programs. Thamnophilus sp. Oh, how I dreamed of exploring Amazonia as a little boy. And, as a part of growing up and getting “serious”, I forgot my childhood dreams.

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The Newest Beat

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That’s right, there is another Beat Writer at 10,000 Birds! As his passion for birding grew he decided to travel Latin America; he has spent time in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela and a great deal of time in Brazil. Mike Freiberg is the latest addition to the amazing group that is the 10,000 Birds Beat Writers.

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Selling Birds Short: A Heretical View Of Avian Intelligence

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Almost as soon as you leave the nest, you have the strong urge to migrate to a place called “Venezuela” Can you imagine how many potential choices and decisions are involved in flying from Alaska to the Atlantic Seaboard, flying down the eastern U.S., I look forward to more research being done in this field.

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Birds of the West Indies by Kirwan, Levesque, Oberle & Sharpe

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The systematics and taxonomy used in this field guide follow the two volumes of the HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World (del Hoyo & Collar 2014, 2016) with some updates based on subsequent research that have already been adopted by BirdLife International and HBW Alive. The Bond’s line.