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Just in Time: Kenn Kaufman’s “A Season on the Wind” — a review

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The blackpoll, “a bird with a body just a little larger than your thumb,” doesn’t stop until South America. As a test of endurance, as a physical ordeal, it’s both miraculous and monstrous.” As Kaufman says: “Four nights and three days in the air. Eighty hours of flying. More than two thousand miles.

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A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)

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They agreed, Gabe reports with equanimity, that Alejandra would have an abortion, if the prenatal tests “revealed a significant probability that our gene overlap would limit the child’s prospects.”. But, well aware of the risks of “gene overlap” in parents, they have a plan. What an ugly sentence that is.

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Manky Muscovy Ducks

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Manky Muscovy Ducks Manky Muscovy Ducks By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 6 comments Tweet Share The Muscovy Duck ( Cairina moschata ) attracts more attention than most ducks, at least in North America.

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Birding in Honduras, Part II: Pico Bonito Lodge

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Originally founded in 1925 to test the adaptability and marketability of the plantain, it also protects 1,281 hectacres of tropical lowland forest rich in birds such as Rufous-tailed Jacamar and Pale-billed Woodpecker. The last site we visited from Pico Bonito was Lancetilla Botanic Gardens. Photo by James Adams.

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My Favorite Release

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August arrived and I was releasing birds knowing they’d need time to adapt prior to making that long flight across the Gulf of Mexico, headed to South America. That kicked off our One-Eyed Project – we fly and test all one-eyed raptors, and it continues to this day.”. “I’ve Finally, it was just Sophie left.

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My Personal Favorites

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It breeds on the shores of the Canadian and Alaskan Arctic, then gathers around the southern arm of Hudson Bay, to fly non-stop all the way to the southern tip of South America. I could not test this theory in 2024, as by that month the lake had disappeared. (But I will still provide one.)

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Bogota Sunangel or Not!

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Although I am pretty confident that this species is not the long-lost Bogota Sunangel or even a Heliangelus, more will be known once DNA testing has been done. I believe the bird to be one of the following: A dark violet color morph of Long-tailed Sylph , a new species of sylph, a new sub-species of Long-tailed Sylph or a hybrid sylph.

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