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Audio Playback May Be Bad for Birds, Says Study

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Researchers from Princeton University and the University of the South (both in the U.S.) studied how Plain-tailed Wrens and Rufous Antpittas in Ecuador reacted to audio playback of their songs versus playback of general background noise. News Bird Call Playback Ecuador Plain-tailed Wrens Rufous Antpittas'

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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. Ecuador or Botswana, respectively). 17%: Ecuador, Peru. 17%: Ecuador, Peru. Or the lack of some expected answers. Galapagos or the Okavango Delta). 21%: Costa Rica.

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Endangered and Unknown: Pale-headed Brush-Finch

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Currently endemic to a single valley system in the Andes of Ecuador, this species escaped detection from researchers for thirty years until the rediscovery of a few pairs in November 1998 by Dr. Neils Krabbe. In November 2010, I backpacked for fifty days via the reasonably good bus system in Ecuador.

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Red-necked Phalarope, Globetrotter Extraordinaire

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the Caribbean islands, and Ecuador and Peru. The researchers theorize that these birds might not be strays from the Scandinavian Phalarope population, but instead perhaps originally from North America. Along the wayward route, the Phalarope made stops in Iceland, Greenland, the continental U.S.,

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Miniature Manakins

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On a recent filming trip with Tropical Birding in Ecuador I had the awesome experience of getting up close and personal with two bizarre manakin species. This bird is a Choco endemic found only in northwest Ecuador and southwest Colombia. What’s the deal with manakins? Are they for real? Take the Club-winged Manakin for example.

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The origins of tanagers, warblers, and sparrows are coming into focus

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Photo: Golden-crowned Tanager , Iridosornis rufivertex , in Andean Ecuador © David J. The paper is by leading researchers F. Keith Barker, Kevin J. Burns, John Klicka, Scott M. Lanyon, and Irby J.

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Birding Argentina – Planning Stage

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Planning for such a whirlwind tour became a monstrous research task. I used my Garmin Etrex 20 before for recording tracks and points in Ecuador but I did not have a map loaded for Ecuador since Garmin does not have one! There are more advanced models but I am not sure of their benefits; more research needed for my next trip.

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