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More Heath Birding around Bonn

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While experiments have shown that some birds (like crows and parrots) can count, this rule unsurprisingly did not hold when subjected to testing. Not that truth matters here, I still think it’s a very cool name. Red-backed Shrike One of the last birds I saw before we returned home was a singing male European Pied Flycatcher.

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A Birder Attends a (Virtual) Ornithology Conference – Part II

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Fish and Wildlife Service talked about the devastating impact of Hurricane Maria on the wild populations of Puerto Rican Parrots. He also described the current recovery strategy for the parrot, which will involve the creation of additional populations and exchanges between them.

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Into the Clouds

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A lone Blue-headed Parrot circled overhead, eventually coming to rest on a patch of scraggly bamboo in the distance. Flycatchers are some of the kindest birds to photograph, this Euler’s Flycatcher helped me test my camera settings. The former would remain unseen while the latter was surprisingly confiding.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 6)

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“The slender-billed cockatoo ( long – billed corella ) is a very affectionate, easy-going pet bird and one of the best talking parrots” ( source ). The Crimson Rosella usually mercifully restricts itself to just two main colors – a feat of modesty by parrot standards. Talk about schizophrenia.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. At this hour I am a reluctant, under-caffeinated sherpa – and concentration must be given to the dangers of the footpath ahead.

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Finca Luna Nueva Lodge: Biodynamic, Bird-rich Ecolodge

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Corey and I put the lodge’s birdiness to the test as members of the team covering Finca Luna Nueva for the 2014 Arenal Bird Count. Want tropical stunners like toucans, trogons, parrots, and motmots? You’ll find multiple species of each on the property. Are there hummingbirds?

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Some Birding News about Birders in Costa Rica

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As for myself, in addition to being entertained on a daily basis by the whistles of Spot-bellied Bobwhite and the gurgling song of Blue Grosbeak, I also have daily flyovers of four parrot and parakeet species, calling Gray Hawks, Brown Jays , and other typical species of the neighborhood. And it also has a cool name.