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Birding the Apocalypse: Coastal Plain of Sonora

Posted on March 12, 2015 by saaribampo

The smell of burning brush, skeins of smoke on the horizon, the sluicing sound of captive water. We are birding the coastal plain of Sonora just west of the Agiabampo Estuary, a tidal body on the Sea of Cortez. It … Continue reading →

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The World’s Oldest Cassowary

Posted on December 30, 2014 by saaribampo

This piece originally appeared in Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine in May 2008. If Edgar B. Kincaid, Jr., were alive today, he would be 93 years old.  Edgar B. Kincaid, Jr. was the quirky and beloved father of 20th-century birding in … Continue reading →

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The Mexican Street Dog

Posted on December 11, 2014 by saaribampo

I am thinking about the Westminster Dog Show. It is coming up in February. In 2015, two new breeds will be on the roster – a little fru-fru dog from Madagascar called the coton de tulear and a lean, muscular … Continue reading →

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There are times when I miss him

Posted on December 11, 2014 by saaribampo

There are times when I miss him. Like now, as I write this, when I was doing something else entirely different in a different country and fifty years later I suddenly miss him. I never know when I will miss … Continue reading →

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Sweeping

Posted on November 19, 2014 by saaribampo

The broom is the axis of Earth without which the planet would dissolve into dust. The women come out in the morning and prop their old bones on their brooms. They sweep away yesterday, make way for today, and tomorrow … Continue reading →

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