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Birding Lodges of the World: Guango Lodge, Ecuador

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We have been operating since 2000 How best to travel to your lodge? Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors to your lodge? Hummingbirds Sword-billed Hummingbird What is the name of your lodge, and since when has your lodge been operating? Guango Lodge. Guests can arrive by car.

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Rusty-breasted Antpitta in Ecuador

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Pululahua Crater This bird is fairly common here in the Puluahua Geobotanical Reserve and lives between 2000 and 2600 m.a.s.l. It is very shy and difficult to see; playback is necessary to lure it out of the chusquea (highland bamboo) vegetation which is one of its preferred habitats.

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Avian Images from a Texas Big Week

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1/4000sec @ ISO 2000 Long-tailed Duck was the “star” of the Galveston FeatherFest , and a write-in for the Great Texas Birding Classic. A LOT of cropping for this image. 1/1250 sec @ ISO 2000 The Marbled Godwit was showing off its articulated beak to the curlews. 1/2500 sec @ ISO 2000 a.

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Beak Deformities

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So far, they have discovered 2000+ cases of chickadees as well as other birds that have a beak deformity. The Alaska Science Center has been working with chickadees for many years, attempting to solve the problem. They began work in 1999, concentrating on the Black-Capped Chickadees of Alaska.

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Noudar Nature Park, Portugal

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At the heart of both these Directives is the creation of a network of sites called Natura 2000. A model in sustainable agriculture and tourism, Noudar is part of the Natura 2000 Network. This legislation is called the Habitats Directive and complements the Birds Directive adopted in 1979.

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A few more Pied Oystercatchers start to breed

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We know Pied Oystercatchers have used the area since 2000 and most likely for many years before that. The pair of Pied Oystercatchers that nest about 2 kilometres south of the Surf Club have a particular rocky outcrop that they like to nest on. The rocky outcrop changes slightly each year as the sand moves around with the wind.

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Good news for the Wood Stork

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Some predicted that at that rate the wood stork would become extinct by the year 2000. The wood stork was listed as endangered in 1984, because the Florida population was dropping at an approximate rate of 5 percent per year. The wood stork occurs and breeds in Central and South America. However, birds in the U.S.