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    Comment by 'Amazonas_Alex' in media 'Gould's Inca'

    A very beutiful bird and a amazing photo
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    Malaria and Holiday Jabs - Peru

    I have a quite recent memory about rabies, I have just returned from a four day long visit to Alagoas, Brazil where I was supposed to meet a few British friends. One day as I was walking along the beach in Maceio a little child started talking with me and asked if I wanted to see her cute...
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    Comment by 'Amazonas_Alex' in media 'Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager'

    hehe seems like me and Steve has the same favourite Tanagers, second one I think This colour ful bird is sooooo beutiful and I have never seen such a close-up of this species, just seen it at some distance, its even more colourful then I thought. Just another superb shot Robert! you are real...
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    Comment by 'Amazonas_Alex' in media 'Santa Marta Brush-Finch'

    WOW! Thats a amazing shot Robert! You cant get this species any better, a simly stunning photo.
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    Hello from the heart of South America

    Hello grapevine, Thanks for the welcome As Robert said, most parts of the Santa Marta region is very safe today, there is of course always a slightly chance that you get robbed, but most people which lives in this region is really, really friendly. Tourists robberies in Santa Marta rarely...
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    Hello from the heart of South America

    Hi Robert Some really stunning photos you got there, I wish I was that good on taking photos :D hehe ok, no I dont think I ever met that Joel.
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    Man-eating animals?

    I know that Bull sharks has been spotted as far up in the Amazonas as Manaus, might occur widely in this region but I guess they are rarely sighted and attacks is even more rare.
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    Hello from the heart of South America

    Hello Seems like you had a great time, you surely visited many good birding areas, I worked in the Santa Marta region for years but never visited the Guajira part som aim a little jelous about that, is that part as good as the rest of the Santa Marta parts? The capital still got a few good...
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    Hello from the heart of South America

    Hi Robert, Glad to meet someone which has been in Leticia. Where in Colombia did you travel? intresting to know as the tourism is rather new to Colombia, the political situation has been bad down here for many years. Send me a PM or a note the next time you visit Leticia, maybe we can go...
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    Iwokrama: March 16-19

    Seems like a nice trip. Aim getting a bit jelous on that Tayra you saw.
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    What's the rarest/most unusual bird you've seen in the wild?

    Good ones, I have also seen the Orange-breasted Falcon in Tikal, one of the most stunning raptors of Central America.
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    Man-eating animals?

    Yes I have read the investigation about the huge snake, and I agree, its fake, its clearly looks like a reticultated python, a species which isnt found in either Venezuela or Africa.
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    Going to Utila for some birding

    Yes but as it aint a pure birding trip we are going on, the number or which species really dosent matter and aim happy to see any kind of birds, aslo pretty sure that I will see at least some lifer, I dont want to sun and bath all days so I just go birding a few days to get a bit of variation on...
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    Man-eating animals?

    Anacondas, jaguars and black caimans are all capable of killing and eating humans, I doubt that cougars in this part of the world is large enough to kill a human, maybe small kids but I never heard about it. The only animals which regulary kill an eats humans here is the Black caiman and I...
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    Mayotte

    http://biodivcomores.africamuseum.be/ www.africanbirdclub.org Have some info
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    Mayotte

    Hello albatross, Had some good birding on three of Comoro Islands in 1998. Good bird sites on Mayotte are Moya-Papani (sea-birds), lagoon of Pamandzl (herons and waders), also Lake Dziani Karehani (grassland and water birds) is great. To see forest birds Mlima Combani or Mlima Bénara is good...
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    Comment by 'Amazonas_Alex' in media 'Deer In eve of glory'

    Very beutiful
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    Mammals seen while birding

    No there is still pure wild reindeers left in quite large numbers in Norway, Finland and maybe some tiny numbers left in Sweden as well, I dont know about the status in the Europan part of Russia. I saw some in Norway years ago.
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    Mammals seen while birding

    My list would certinely exceed more than 100 species. Most of them in Central, South America and Africa, a few in Denmark, Sweden, Spain and the US (California and Florida). Yesterday I saw a cougar with a young along Rio Javari while looking for macaws, a true demon of the rainforest and you...
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    Status of Hawaii's Endangered Birds ??

    The birdlife factsheets is quite often upated and I think they got info about most recent sightings. The Hawaiian Crow was last recorded in the wild 2002, when there was 2-3 birds left, small numbers do exist in captivity. 'O'u hasent been recorded postivively since 1987, altough there has...
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    Is the Utila chachalaca extinct or what?

    I first read about it in HBW1, then I searched a bit on the internet and found a few matches. It at least seems to be valid, as the most recent sources I have found states that.
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    Comment by 'Amazonas_Alex' in media 'Basking in the Sun'

    A simply stunning photo, amazing capture this species is among the best birds of Argentina, a bird which is a part of a great group of birds endemic to the southern globe
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    Going to Utila for some birding

    Thanks once again Tom, I hadent noticed the part about the Bay Islands on your website, it added a few species that I didnt know occured on these Islands, aim pretty sure that Utila and Roatan has about the same species. Yes the Yucatán Vireo is one of those species I definitely wants to...
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    Is the Utila chachalaca extinct or what?

    Thanks Steve I have send a PM to Tom, hopefully he will be able to sort it out ;)
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    Is the Utila chachalaca extinct or what?

    Hi, Aim going to Utila Island for some birding in late April to early March. But how about its endemic chachalaca? I want to know its true status. I never seems to understand if its extinct or has been "rediscovered", I heard that it was classified as possibly extinct in 1995 after decades of...
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