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Birding Chaco at JV Gonzles – Trip Report

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This is a very hot and dry region known as El Chaco where many interesting bird species can be found. This land has gone through extensive ecosystem destruction from farming cattle and soybeans. We had been birding the north-west side of Argentina for 7 days and drove more than 3,000 km. The closer we got to J.V.

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Brazil’s Pantanal: A Birding Spectacle

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During this time, the fish trapped in the shrinking pools of water attract hordes of herons, egrets, storks, and other wetland species. Raptors such as Savanna Hawk , Snail Kite , and Black-collared Hawk and up to five species of kingfisher also join the bonanza in one of the world’s great birding spectacles.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison

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For many grassland species, our vast expanses of tilled and plowed fields, orchards and vineyards, pastures and rangeland offer an abundance of convenient food and shelter – and some bolder birds even wander indoors to find these things in our barns and stables. For most of history, beer has thrived in agrarian settings, too.

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What Flies Over Costa Rica in the Night?

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At the moment, night excursions to Poas are limited by pandemic driving restrictions but I can still surmise about the species flying overhead. This fall, I have had the fortune of listening to both species calling at the same time from the back balcony. Cuckoos are up There. At times, Red-eyed Vireos can be just as abundant.

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Collaborative list – August 2019

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In publishing the most current thinking, eBird have become the month’s biggest contributor to the life list, expanding it by 7 brand new species and pushing it to 3774. 7 species were added to the life list in the time-honoured fashion of actually identifying the birds in the field. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.

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Collaborative List – January 2019

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The engaged and generous beats ( 10 of them) have shared 188 checklists during January and have accounted for 859 species from 8 countries (USA, Australia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, UK, New Zealand and Serbia. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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Collaborative List – April 2018

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April’s number are below; 11 countries were visited by 9 beats; Australia, USA, UK, India, Serbia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Brazil, New Zealand and Argentina. Their 185 checklists contained 951 species during April! Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. 01 Jan 2018.

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