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Tanagers of Hotel do Ype, Itatiaia.

October 11, 2014 by Redgannet 3 Comments

About half way between Brazil’s Sao Paulo and Rio de Janiero, lies a mountain valley containing the Itatiaia National Park. The endemic-rich Mata Atlantica,...

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Portrait of a Redtail with Grey Hoodie String

October 10, 2014 by Suzie 1 Comment

What follows will not be elegant artspeak about how certain photographers can capture not only the beauty but the spirit of wild birds, although...

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What Exactly is a Pardalote?

October 1, 2014 by Duncan 4 Comments

Sometimes, when I’m writing trip reports about far off places (relative to most of my readers) I wonder what exactly people make of some...

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Birds Are Migrating South. It Must Be Fall!

September 29, 2014 by Corey 7 Comments

I spent both mornings this weekend visiting local birding spots in Queens from the coast to the forested parks. I love birding in the...

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Frank Gilbert’s Awesome Hospital Cage

September 26, 2014 by Suzie 2 Comments

One summer my father came to visit from his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He is the handiest of handy guys; he has fixed...

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The Complicated Mating Systems of Rheas

September 25, 2014 by Alfredo Begazo No Comments

Mating systems and parental care patterns can be odd among birds. Male-female role reversal, happens in some familiar birds, but is rare. Less than...

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Eye Level with a Whiskered Treeswift

September 24, 2014 by Duncan No Comments

Treeswifts are funny little things. They’re swifts, only they aren’t, actually. When they were first described they were thought to be a link between...