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Wildlife Rehabilitator Slang

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To civilians who may have been puzzled by the wildlife crowd’s tossed-off references to peefas, modos or mice cubes, here is a beginner’s guide to Rehabberspeak. Sorry, that was gratuitous – HAWRs are Happy Wrens , and they live in Mexico.). Birds abbreviations slang wildlife rehabilitators'

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Birding Villahermosa’s Urban Parks

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Being a westerner — raised in California, and now living in western Mexico — I was perhaps most excited about the migratory birds that breed in eastern North America. And the Baltimore Oriole is an iconic eastern bird, which winters along Mexico’s east coast, but never in the west. Then, around 4:00 p.m.,

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The Juniper Titmouse Nesting Project

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Aldea also received a National Wildlife Federation Certified Community Wildlife Habitat designation, so the community’s goal is not only to see how many nesting pairs we can count, but also to improve the habitat. But a Bewick’s Wren did build a nest, which it promptly abandoned before laying any eggs. Others had more luck.

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Collaborative list – June 2019

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Our two newest contributors have shared from Mexico and China, bringing the countries birded this month (also including; Costa Rica, Greece, Serbia, USA, UK, India, UAE and New Zealand) to 10. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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The Traveling Birder

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I haven’t even been to all of the best national wildlife refuges for birding. Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico. I particularly enjoy birding national wildlife refuges, so I try to include at least one on each trip. Indeed, eBird tells me that I have yet to submit a checklist from approximately 20 states.

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The Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

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But, as I have already shown in one of my two posts about visiting Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, that is exactly what the boat load of birders I was with got the chance to see way back at the beginning of March. Green Iguanas range from southern Mexico and the Caribbean islands to South America and are relatively common.

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What does the Keystone XL Pipeline have to do with Birds?

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About three billion birds fly north to the Boreal Forest each spring to build nests and lay eggs. These birds arrive in the Boreal Forest after spending the winter in South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States. National Wildlife Federation. Sierra Club. Friends of the Earth.

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