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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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Checking for moult limits on a female Band-tailed Manakin to determine her age Imagine learn or improving your mist-netting, bird banding, handling, aging, and Neotropical bird ID skills in one of the most exuberantly natural surroundings ( 599 bird species recorded at Explorer’s Inn and Sachavacayoc Centre!)

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Manky Muscovy Ducks

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However, the species sometimes referred to as the Barbary Duck appears very much out of place just about everywhere else. Slimbridge Wetland Centre (c) Mike Fuller @Riverhead, NY (c) Joe Kelly Magnificent Muscovy (c) Karen Davis Tags: ducks , features , manky , muscovy • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts?

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

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Tags: national wildlife refuge , north america , parks • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! To that end, the principals have created a terrific site called Conserving the Future: Refuges and the Next Generation to elicit votes and comments. They may weigh in to make their voices heard… or not.

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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2011?

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more migratory sky shots here ) Tags: march , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! 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. Look to the skies for flocks of waterfowl on the wing!

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011)

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On Sunday at Kissena Park I saw five species of sparrows. A mixed species flock of sparrows (american tree, field and chipping) was by the bike track parking lot. Tags: best bird , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! I see why people sometimes call them gray ghosts.

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011?

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Keep your eyes to the skies for sawbills, like this Red-breasted Merganser by Corey Finger Tags: march , weekend • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Corey: I’m shooting for the numbers of species and number of lists I had in 2008! Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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The field site I am assigned to is located in one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world and home to a particularly rich avifauna that numbers well over 500 species. Hundreds of riotously colored birds representing 14 species of macaws and parrots flock and frolic together in less than fifty meters of forest canopy.

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