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Over a million birds of prey migrate south each year

Posted by admin on October 31st, 2009 filed in News and Stuff

Over a million birds of prey migrate to the warmer south each year many passing over Panama like shown in the attached images taken today. Bird migration is the regular seasonal journey undertaken by many species of birds. Satellite tracking of day migrating raptors such as Ospreys and Honey Buzzards has shown that older individuals [...]

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Ninety years of birdwatchers’ notes going online

Posted by admin on April 7th, 2009 filed in News and Stuff

CNN reports here:  Citizen scientists transcribing more than 90 years worth of historical bird data. “This is the longest and most comprehensive legacy data set on bird migration …” For more Info please see the North American Bird Phenology Program website here.

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Roadkill in the Park

Posted by admin on June 6th, 2008 filed in News and Stuff

Please when driving in and around the wildlife parks keep your speed at reasonable levels and not over 80 km/h! Was just yesterday shown by a ANAM park official a dead wild cat, looked like it was either an Ocelot or a Margay, in any case was a sad sight, such a beautiful creature becoming [...]

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