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Birding the Eshowe area, South Africa

10,000 Birds

At vulture family gatherings, it is always a bit of a bother for the organizers to cater to the needs of the Palm Nut Vulture. Then, in 2018, other researchers did DNA testing on the sample specimen and found it was just an ordinary Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird with some kind of slight color mutation ( source ).

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Bogota Sunangel or Not!

10,000 Birds

Founded by Roberto Chavarro and his family in the early eighties, this little reserve has been dropped slap-bang into the birding spotlight by the recent claims of the rediscovery of the Bogota Sunangel Heliangelus zusii , a species that is known from one record – a skin from 1909! Bogota Sunangel is only known from one skin.

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Raptors of Mexico and Central America: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The guide presents 69 species and 1 subspecies, from “NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes” to “OSPREY: Pandioninae” to “FAMILY: Accipitridae” (Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Hawk-Eagles), to “FALONIDS: Falconidae” (Falcons, Forest-Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels, Merlin). Here’s a sample of Plate 30, Bat Falcon and Orange-Breasted Falcon (pp.

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Workplace Wellness Can Deliver a Healthy ROI

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Workers were offered free health assessments, including a blood sample tested for conditions such as diabetes and high cholesterol. Often, recipients will share their reward with their family. They also filled out surveys about habits such as exercise, smoking and diet. The linchpin for success.

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10 Questions for Birdchick on 1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know

10,000 Birds

and sample pages will give you a flavor of its design. Can you come up with an outline and a sample chapter based on that title?”. My first outline and sample chapter was rejected for being “too technical.” and the people who run it are almost like family. There are very few that stand the test of time.

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Seabirds: The New Identification Guide: An ID Guide Review

10,000 Birds

There is much to enjoy and appreciate here and I only wish I could have tested out some of these species accounts in pelagic waters before writing about them (sadly, the 10,000 Birds pelagic to Antarctica was canceled this year). It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. .; Houghton Mifflin, U.S.),

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