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My Favorite 5 Bird Nests: Redefining Home Construction

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link] , via Wikimedia Commons Ovenbirds are native to South America, particularly in countries like Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, where they inhabit open fields and forest edges. This design offers excellent protection against predators and harsh weather conditions. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 Tailor-made, indeed!

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Birding Argentina – Salto Encantado and Yaguarundy Reserve

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After a quick lunch we researched our rental car possibilities and by 3 pm we were driving away in a rental car towards Ibera Marshes. We arrived and met with the owner who explained about this private reserve which has been constantly threaten by hunters and other people to destroy what they have been protecting since 1997.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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His second book on migration is a tale of many birds and many research studies all connected by the theme of migration and by his thoughtful narrative voice. Even if you have read about these research projects, Weidensaul’s accounts offer fresh angles and updated information. is through the personal and the specific.

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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. 6%: Antarctica, Argentina, Indonesia (including the votes for West Papua), India. 6%: Antarctica, Argentina, Indonesia (including the votes for West Papua), India.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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Dunn starts in Alaska with the goal of seeing Rufous Hummingbird at the northern extreme of its migration (which he does with some effort and a few bear sightings) and ends in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, “the end of the world,” with the sighting of a Green-backed Firecrown feeding at a firetree in cold drizzly rain. Donsker, D.;

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The “Rufa” Red Knot is now protected under the Endangered Species Act

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migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada. In the spring, key staging and stopover areas include Patagonia, Argentina; eastern and northern Brazil; the southeast United States; the Virginia barrier islands; and Delaware Bay. Perhaps the most important threat to the Red Knot is climate change.

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Trump or Cruz? Clinton or Sanders? NOA! Vote for me!

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My agenda is to help to make the Ross Sea an international marine protected area. I studied them for 20 years, published one paper and half a dozen blogs about them, talked to the media more times than I can remember and helped the state Institute for Protection of Nature to draft a protection proposal, which went to the City Assembly.

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