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Which Bird Species Have Gone Extinct in Costa Rica?

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Orange-breasted Falcon : Since there aren’t any specimens of this regal neotropical Falco from Costa Rica, we actually aren’t even sure if it used to live here. Hope for a vagrant comes in the form of an Orange-breasted Falcon sighting from west-central Panama.

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Post Apocalyptic Steampunk Birding

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As I neared the shore, I spooked a hunting Striated Heron who in turn spooked a Neotropic Cormorant hunting the shallow water. I had never seen a Peregrine Falcon soaring with Black Vultures before – interestingly enough I would later see the very same occurrence two days later on another part of the island. Black Vulture.

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Backyard Beneficiaries

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Thankfully, they now have a home here where they can court, build their nest, and raise their young. At night, we keep our eyes out for the passage of the neighborhood Barn Owl , oftentimes a Tropical Screech-Owl would hunt insects from a low perch on our almond tree.

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Comebackers

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Not only were they a common bird, they were a common bird nearshore; indigenous peoples hunted them up and down the coast. North American Peregrine Falcons have also enjoyed an impressive population rebound in recent years. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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His musings on falconry in Medieval times begin with the Bayeux Tapestry, which tells the story of the Norman Conquest and is full of birds, including hawks and falcons on the wrists of the main contenders. With Birkhead, you never know what’s going to come next.

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Highs and Lows from the Champions of the Flyway Bird Race in Eilat, Israel

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Raising $67,000 plus for conservation! : The real reason for the Champions of the Flyway Bird Race is to raise money for desperately needed conservation efforts in the Mediterranean. A small sampling of the many young birders who participated in the event. And yes, the need is desperate.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. That summer of 1938, when he was ten years old, Cade read of two brothers, Frank and John Craighead, who wrote of their experiences with falcons in National Geographic.

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