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Featured Bird for July, 2002:
Scarlet Tanager
(Piranga olivacea)
Scarlet Tanager   
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  Our Recommendations for July, 2002

Birds of Peru
Birds of Peru
This is the most thorough guide ever published on the world's most important birding country. Peru harbors over 1,700 species and 114 endemics. This book includes an annotated checklist of every bird known to occur in Peru, a gazetteer of all localities mentioned, and details on important bird-finding areas and accommodations.
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Op-Tech Binocular Strap

Fashion Strap is ideal for binoculars of all weights. Highly recommended to relieve pressure on the neck when birding. The weight reduction system makes cameras and binoculars feel 50% lighter and 100% more comfortable. They are easy to attach and extremely strong.
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Select from a wide variety of coffee grown on plantations that raise shade-grown coffee. Available in bean or ground. Delicious -- and you are helping protect bird habitat.

 

  Featured State/Province:
Manitoba

          Our Birds - Manitoba

Churchill
58.48 N   94.12 W
Go in mid to late June to see Ross's Gull, Hudsonian Godwit, Arctic Tern, Smith's Longspur and lots of other sought-after birds. Take the train up and fly back.

Riding Mountain National Park
50.54 N   100.06 W
In southwest Manitoba, this park has many excellent, easy to reach birding sites. Watch for Northern Hawk-Owl. At dusk, watch beavers as they build yet another dam.

Featured Hot Spot:
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Our Birds - Nova Scotia

46.70 N   60.37 W
French Mountain, Bird Island and Ingonish are three of the best birding spots on the cape. Spring through early winter can be a good time to visit. Watch for Bicknell's Thrush and Atlantic Puffin.

Featured Organization:
Louisiana Ornithological Society
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The Louisiana Ornithological Society (LOS) was organized in 1947 to gather and disseminate accurate information concerning the bird life of the western hemisphere and of Louisiana and to promote interest in and appreciation of the value of birds, both aesthetic and economic, which will ensure wiser conservation of our bird life.
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 Surprise Web Sites
 (Surprise Web Sites #1-246)

Western Tanager - copyright, Brian E. Small 247: Tropical Nature
248: The Barn Owl Centre
249: Birding in Lancashire (UK)
250: South Dakota Birds and Birding
251: Bird photography - Quebec
252: Hummingbirds.net

 

Incredible Birding Web Site of the Month !!
July, 2000

Temminck's Tragopan by Tim Worfolk


Oriental Bird Club

 

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