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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND-FEEDING OR COOLING STRATEGY? WOOD STORK
Wood Stork Mycteria americana Cigüeña Americana o Galletán (Spanish) When I saw an adult Wood Stork standing still with its open bill …
Vulgar expressions, insults, and bad words. I begin this column by thanking everyone for the hundreds of messages received via email, Facebook, …
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10th ANNIVERSARY MONTH: BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND-PART 3 OF 3
How often do we pinpoint the exact moment when we change the course of our lives? Here follows the short backstory on …
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10th ANNIVERSARY MONTH: BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND-PART 2 OF 3
When I approached co-founders of The Yucatan Times to begin a weekly backyard birding column in Merida, they immediately welcomed the idea. …
by Enrique Quintana The representative in Mexico of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Monday, Nov. 15th, that it was likely …
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Is Nicaragua sliding toward dictatorship under Ortega? (Opinion)
by SHELLEY A. McCONNELL When diplomats sit down this week for the 51st General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), they …
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10th ANNIVERSARY MONTH: BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND
First, thanks to each of you for your encouragement and faithful interest in my 10-year journey! You’ve warmed my heart with your …
Every morning, I go to Twitter Spaces to listen to my Cuban compatriots in exile. They have colorful personalities and passionately argue …
Dark fleets – illegal fishing vessels which deactivate their tracking devices in order to fish in protected areas – are now being …