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About Alfredo Begazo

Alfredo lives in Florida but grew up alongside Peruvian Meadowlarks and Marvelous Spatuletails in Peru. Trained as Wildlife Biologist, he divides his time between South Florida and the tropics where he spends a fair amount of time. Alfredo founded Surbound , a blog on mission to connect the birds, wildlife, people, and magnificent landscapes in the Americas.

Happy New Year!
  • January 01, 2015
  • Alfredo Begazo
  • Inspiration
  • 2 Comments

It has been a great 2014 I participated in another fantastic Birding Rally Challenge in Northern Peru. Birded the famous…

The “Rufa” Red Knot is now protected under the Endangered Species Act
  • December 18, 2014
  • Alfredo Begazo
  • Conservation
  • 2 Comments

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa) as a threatened…

Black Vultures in the Cross Hairs

Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) are among the most polarizing birds. They fulfill and important ecological and sanitary role by consuming…

Waterfowl at the Local Water Treatment Plant

As it turned out the month of October brings some of the common migratory waterfowl to our local water treatment…

Fall Migration on Facebook
  • November 06, 2014
  • Alfredo Begazo
  • Birds
  • 2 Comments

Fall migration comes and goes, in Florida, a little too fast. The first Semipalmated Sandpiper and Sanderling along the shores…

An odd foraging behavior for a Vulture
  • October 23, 2014
  • Alfredo Begazo
  • Birds
  • 4 Comments

New World vultures of the genus Cathartes (Greater Yellow-headed, Lesser Yellow-headed and Turkey Vultures) look much alike. Greater and Lesser…

The Complicated Mating Systems of Rheas

Mating systems and parental care patterns can be odd among birds. Male-female role reversal, happens in some familiar birds, but…

Thought To Be Extinct For 100 Years
  • September 11, 2014
  • Alfredo Begazo
  • Conservation
  • 4 Comments

The White-winged guan (Penelope albipennis) was thought to be extinct for 100 years. The Guan had never been seen in…

Some Ingenuity Can Go a Long Way

The use of tool by animals is surprisingly rare. Among birds the Egyptian Vulture uses rocks to crack Ostrich eggs,…

Least Terns Complete Another Nesting Season in Florida
  • July 31, 2014
  • Alfredo Begazo
  • Birds
  • 1 Comment

The end of July marks the end of the Least Tern’s (Sterna antillarum) nesting season in Florida. Young Least Terns,…

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