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Humboldt Penguins in Chile Face Extinction

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Invading rats with bodies up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) long have begun eating eggs and chicks, and some experts fear that unless the rats are eradicated, they could tip the Humboldt penguin toward extinction.

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Bird Books for Children: From Colors & Shapes to Discovering Central Park

10,000 Birds

This large picture book features simple, yet clever, rhymes, most of which begin with “Mama build a little nest…” and go on to describe a wide variety of bird nests–a small hummingbird cup, a woven weaverbird sac, a floating Grebe’s nest anchored to water plants, even the foot of ‘daddy’ Emperor Penguin.

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Cepas de Loro: Pisco Puro Muscatel

10,000 Birds

So, it just might be that pisco – the beloved South American grape brandy contentiously claimed by both Peru and Chile – is the only spirit named after birds. And for all those liquors without an aquatic etymology, their names tend to come from a principal ingredient or process: gin after juniper ( Juniperus spp.),

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Tussock Jumper: Cabernet Sauvignon (2017)

10,000 Birds

There’s a King Penguin ( Aptenodytes patagonicus ) on the label, a very first appearance for the Spheniscidae family here at Birds and Booze. The emperor – er, King – has no clothes: this penguin seems to have misplaced its jumper. Time for another bottle of red wine to get us through to spring. Except birders.

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Oceanic Birds of The World: A Photo Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

These are the bird families covered: Penguins, Alcids, Diving-Petrels, Petrels, Albatrosses, Storm-Petrels, Tropicbirds, Frigatebirds, Gannets and Boobies, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Noddies, Terns, Phalaropes. Coverage of all families is not comprehensive.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

10,000 Birds

Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Entrada Los Chiles (El Parque) hasta Caño Negro. Entrada Los Chiles (El Parque) hasta Caño Negro. 01 Jan 2018. 16 Mar 2018. 07 Jan 2018.

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Combined Beats’ List – August

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Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Jackass Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Stony Point–Penguin Colony. Los Chiles. Los Chiles. Dor-ha-Bonim Beach Reserve. 13 Feb 2016. Lesser Flamingo – Phoeniconaias minor. West Coast NP–Seeberg hide. 30 Aug 2016. Motuara Island. 25 Mar 2016.

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