10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2013
But, to paraphrase Monty Python, every species is sacred. Conservation of migratory species must be an international affair. No matter how much we do to protect the breeding grounds of Neotropical migrants, we can’t assure the safety of those species that lose essential wintering habitat.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
Gray Kingbird perched on a Gumbo Limbo Tree, another typical West Indian species native to South Florida. Although a reasonably common species in southern Florida, Gray Kingbird is especially abundant in the West Indies where even islanders not interested in birds are very familiar with this species.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2011
The one exception is Punta Cana Resort and Club in the Dominican Republic. On the grounds, Punta Cana has preserved a 1,500 acre Ecological Park that is an excellent place to view the local endemic bird species and enjoy nature. This is not a birding lodge. Far from it.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2011
But, as with so many other species, these birds have been left to do their own whistle blowing. West Indian Whistling Ducks are the largest of the eight different whistling duck species. They are found in the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, Antigua, Barbuda and Jamaica.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2018
An hour or two on a cold day can make a nice dent in the issue, deleting hundreds of out-of-focus or lesser images and sorting the keepers by species or location. I’ve been doing this with the Dominican Republic recently when a planned family trip fell through. I really need an intervention. Plan a future trip.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 5, 2017
That’s OK, we love all sorts of birds, I even love imaginary ones, and the ones that come to the backyard are also ideal starter species. In Costa Rica, the Blue-gray Tanager is an ideal species for opening the door to everything birds. With a big fat ten species on the trogon list, Costa Rica is one of those choice places.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2015
Here are some things I’ve learned from the Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean by Scott Weidensaul: The Burrowing Owl is the only North American owl species where the male is larger than the female, albeit, only slightly larger. The 39 owls include five endemic Caribbean species.
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