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Roseate Spoonbills at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

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Platalea ajaja is a marvelous bird and I was delighted to make its acquaintance - for only the second time in my life – at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge’s Black Point Drive when I was attending the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in January.

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GUYANA–Simply Delicious Birding!

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Before I delve into some of these avian treasures let me give you a few non-birding reasons to visit this gem of South America. If your Spanish or Portuguese is at the level of a 2-year-old bonobo like mine is, then you’ll probably be pleased to know that Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America.

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Watch for Shorebirds with Colored Flags!

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As I write this note, probably hundreds if not thousands of shorebirds are heading south to the wintering grounds. Some make stopovers along Florida’s coast, others fly straight from stopovers in the northern states to the coast of South America. I am an associate with this NGO and follow the progress of the banding program.

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Introducing the African Birding Beat

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Approximately 2,300 bird species inhabit Africa, however as impressive as that sounds, much smaller South America boasts nearly 1,000 species more. I cannot but admit that South America is the “bird continent” but as Peter Kaestner, one of the world’s top listers, so eloquently put it, Africa is nevertheless the “birding continent”.

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Good news for the Wood Stork

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Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The wood stork occurs and breeds in Central and South America. Fish and Wildlife Service, I was involved in various aspects of the species habitat protection largely on the regulatory arena.

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Habitats of the World: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists

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This comprehensive book features concise identification descriptions and is richly illustrated—including more than 650 colour photos of habitats and their wildlife, 150 distribution maps, 200 diagrams, and 150 silhouettes depicting each habitat alongside a human figure.

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Swift Care Ontario: Sometimes It Takes a Village

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Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it sometimes takes a “village” of rehabbers to save threatened wildlife. Starving and dehydrated, they were taken into care by Dr. Helene von Doninck of Cobequid Wildlife Centre . As a result of human interference, four Chimney Swift nestlings had to be rescued.