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Birding Botswana’s Borders

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But I have visited Guatemala, Lesotho and Zimbabwe to actually visit them and count them, even though I spent less time in them than I did Zurich. Hippo and attending Cattle Egret. I slept in hotel in Zurich but didn’t leave the airport or even clear immigration, so I can’t really say I’ve been to Switzerland either.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version. Bringing animals that would require feed and water at that early stage would have been unwise.

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Pat’s 2020 Bird List, Mostly from Costa Rica

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Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Tambor, 3-Jan. Middle American Screech Owl– Megascops guatemalae; Raptor Ridge, 6-Jan. Little Blue Heron – Egretta caerulea; Tambor, 3-Jan. Snowy Egret – Egretta thula; Tambor, 3-Jan. Tricolored Heron – Egretta tricolor; Tambor, 3-Jan. Green Heron – Butorides virescens; Tambor, 3-Jan.

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Starting Another Year of Birding in Costa Rica

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As usual, most of my birding will be in Costa Rica although if all goes well, come April, there should also be a sweet set of lifers from Guatemala, hopefully including one that has a red thing sticking out of its noggin. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Sarapiqui, 2-Jan. Lifers will be in caps, other cool birds of note in bold.

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Collaborative list – June 2019

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Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Gray-chested Dove – Leptotila cassinii. Laguna Lagarto Lodge. 01 Jun 2019. Purple-crowned Fairy – Heliothryx barroti. Laguna Lagarto Lodge. 01 Jun 2019. Laguna Lagarto Lodge. 01 Jun 2019. Laguna Lagarto Lodge. 01 Jun 2019.

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Collaborative list – December 2021

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Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103. Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103.

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Collaborative list November – 2021

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156 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 182 Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. 156 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 182 Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. The life list sits stubbornly at 4081. 1 Great Tinamou – Tinamus major. 5 Snow Goose – Anser caerulescens.

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