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JULY 30, 2015

Another cool fact was learning that the Barn Swallows has started to breed in South America since the 80s. This is quite a remarkable fact if one thinks that this is the only (and first to do this) migratory bird to change its breeding and migratory habits. Swallows have migrated north to south along the Americas for millennia.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

The largest of the Andean flamingos is native to the wetlands and shallow alkaline lakes of the high Andes mountain range, from southern Perú to northwestern Argentina and northern Chile. Egg harvesting to sell as food was intensive then, with thousands taken annually from the breeding colonies in Chile.

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Chile Endangered Species Eggs Argentina 154

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AUGUST 26, 2016

” Panama hosts the largest breeding population of Harpy Eagles, though they were once “found from southern Mexico through Central and South America all the way down to northern Argentina.” Because they like to hunt in the tree canopy , they will also eat “iguanas, parrots, porcupines, coatimundis, and raccoons.”

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

The first shorebird arrivals are apparently birds that failed at a breeding attempt and don’t have time to re-attempt; they might as well head south early. Shorebirds appeared in posts by folks from Peru, Chile and Argentina not from folks from Central America. The fall migration is underway. Broad-winged Hawk.

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South America Colombia Peru Chile 162

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JANUARY 21, 2016

There are 11 species of birds that breed in the Ross Sea region. The most numerous penguins are Emperor and Adélie Penguins , with 26 and 38 percent of the world’s population breeding in the Ross Sea, respectively. On the Balleny Islands Antarctic Fulmar , Antarctic Prion and Cape Petrel also breed. And the Mammals.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 158

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Buff-breasted Sandpipers are hardy little birds, migrating yearly between their grassland wintering grounds in South America and their tundra breeding grounds in the high Arctic. The only thing that could have made the experience with Tryngites subruficollis better would have been some sunlight. What great little birds!

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Argentina Farming South America United States 157

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AUGUST 17, 2012

I quickly discovered they are vocal creatures, perhaps because it was summer time and the breeding season was just finishing up. Argentina is calling and the fall migration will soon be underway. The first time I spent any quality time with them was in Klamath Basin on the border of California and Oregon. This is a lovely dark morph.

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Gophers Argentina Oregon California 169

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APRIL 25, 2011

This phoebe is a fixture in the American Southwest and Central America and can be spotted all the way down to Argentina. It’s also the hardiest, breeding as far north as the Alaskan arctic, much further north, in fact, than any other flycatcher.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Finally, the exotic Island snail occurs in Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia where they are consumed by Snail Kites there (the Snail Kite occur throughout South America, the Everglade Snail Kite is a sub-species). Exotic apple snail (left) and native apple snail (right) Photo: The Pomacea Project.

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Florida South America Bolivia Eggs 205

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JULY 24, 2014

On the contrary, the birds were quite satisfied with their new-found freedom and realms, and started breeding immediately after their escape in the spring of 2001, much to everyone’s surprise. This may not be Argentina, but it’s apparently close enough. Turns out, it wasn’t.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2013

” Some exotic bird species such as Red-whiskered Bulbul and Spot-breasted Oriole have been ABA-countable for decades, managing to maintain very small breeding populations despite the impacts of hurricanes and changes in landscaping. Mitred Parakeets raiding a feeder, by Larry Manfredi.

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Florida Miami Bolivia Alligators 181

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MAY 19, 2015

Giant tyrannosaur like dinosaurs had systems for efficient breathing that modern birds use to facilitate the aerobically demanding task of flight, but those dinosaurs did not fly (see: Aerosteon riocoloradensis : A Very Cool Dinosaur from Argentina. The chickens were done in before hatching. Here’s the thing.

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Alligators Chickens Reptiles Research 203

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APRIL 30, 2011

Each year 120,000 birds visit the island to breed from March through August in burrows that riddle the landscape. It usually waits for a few days before taking the metaphorical plunge, but once it leaves the burrow and flies for the first time, it will not stop until it reaches the waters off Brazil and Argentina.

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United Kingdom Brazil Eggs Abandoning 159

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Invercargill The bottom of New Zealand and you’d be forgiven for thinking the end of the world is where you’ll be heading if you’re following Argentina, Scotland, Romania or Georgia. A good place to see the enigmatic Kokako. Image by Dunedin NZ, Creative Commons.

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New Zealand Penguins Sanctuary Fur 157

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States. The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia.

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Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

Each autumn, nearly the entire breeding population of the Swainson’s Hawk migrates from the temperate zone of North America to wintering areas in South America. Like most buteos, the Swainson’s Hawk feeds its young rodents, rabbits and reptiles but not so during non-breeding season. But that is another story.

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Secretive, silent and undetectable outside of its breeding season, found only in the U.S. After a 15 hour night-shift flying to Argentina, all I ask of a bird is to sit still and to do it close to somewhere that I can find coffee.

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2012 Guatemala Birds Florida 140

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DECEMBER 4, 2021

Our North American bird field guides stopped offering this information decades ago, so it’s handy to have it all collected in one handy volume, especially if you’re doing a state breeding bird survey like some 10,000 Birds writers. Donna). ==.

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Colombia Birds Bald Eagle Guyana 233