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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2021
The best test of that proposition, of course, is to repeat it to any one of the hundreds of thousands of birders who have, say, a family. The popular stereotype of birders is that we’re obsessives, focused only on the feathered to the exclusion of anything else.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2021
As Watson has put it in the Chapter 1, “while the focus of this book is on families of African birds, there are a few individual species that have somehow come to epitomise Africa, even though they have relatives elsewhere, and commentaries on these appear too. He has authored several other books and many articles, largely on natural history.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2020
Local guide and birder David Mora Vargas has been spending much of his time at his family’s farm in the Sarapiqui lowlands. As it learns to hunt and live on its own, the young bird has taken up residence in a tree right in front of the farm. Check it out: Juvenile Tiny Hawk Show in Sarapiqui. Las Arrieras Nature Reserve.
10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2021
Birding there can often be a test of endurance. Yellow-winged Caciques , showy members of the Blackbird/New World Oriole family, are always conspicuous residents of the region. A tropical tree called Jocote ( Spondias purpurea ) is in full fruit right now, so almost all of these birds’ ivory bills were dyed a light pink color.
Critter News
DECEMBER 18, 2009
In the unending quest to find a kindred animal rights soul amongst my current friends, I ventured into animal testing territory with three friends over lunch this week (two guys and a woman). Most of their testing is repetitive, useless, and/or designed to create clones of drugs whose patents are about to run out.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 12, 2011
As the evenings darken and night draws in, some of us are forced to spend more time at home with our families instead of out in the field. You can set up a test subject and partly obscure it to make a practice piece. Right click on this point on the donor picture. Try also to get exposure as near identical as possible.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
Or These Blasts From The Past The New ABA President is… IATB Deadline If You Think Squirrels Raiding Your Feeders Are Bad News… Have You Seen Save the Reagan Owl About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Wicked, right?
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