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The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida

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Growing up within an hour of one of the world’s premier shorebird destinations -- West Coast National Park in South Africa -- helped for sure. Getting to know the subtleties in differences between closely related species takes years of dedication and practice. For me, there’s a few things that drive this fascination.

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Birding Lodges – Part 2 – Punta Cana Resort & Club

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Universities like Harvard, Columbia and Cornell regularly use the research facility. On the grounds, Punta Cana has preserved a 1,500 acre Ecological Park that is an excellent place to view the local endemic bird species and enjoy nature. Additionally the foundation provides a facility for important biological field work.

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Where America dreams of/goes birding?

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But first, not thinking of proper research, I made no difference between questions, nor were the mentioned destinations really visited or only dreamed about. 4%: Mexico, West Papua (Indonesia), New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya. Or the lack of some expected answers. Most respondents mentioned more than one destination.

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Spotted Thick-knee

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In southern Africa, there are two species. … Tags: south-africa , Spotted Dikkop , stone curlews , thick-knees • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Feeling lazy, or I would do the research myself.) I too am fascinated by the name of this species.

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