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Category Archives: Birds

Flat Bill Flycatcher, Eye-Ringed Flatbill Nest, Rhynchocyclus brevirostris

August 21, 2019by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Nests, especially those of flycatchers, are often difficult to identify to the species that build them. How did we identify this nest? We watched the flat bill flycatcher make repeated […]

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Frigates and Boobies Feeding Niche

August 21, 2019by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Above photos by Frank Jordan. Red-footed Booby (left) and Magnificent Frigate (right). Half Moon Caye. June 2019. One of our favorite bird-bird interactions in the tropics is the attempted dominance […]

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Southern House Wren overnighting in post hole

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photo by Bob Thomas, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, May 2010. The wren used this evening resting place a couple of nights.  Allowed us to get a nice look without touching […]

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Who ate these Maya apple snails?

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Both photos taken by Bob Thomas. When the water is low in the lagoons that surround Crooked Tree, Orange Walk District, Belize, the shore is littered with empty freshwater Maya […]

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