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THE TURPIAL: THE BIRD THAT LOVED A NATION. HISTORY OF HIS DECLARATORY AS VENEZUELA NATIONAL AVE

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taken from https://cronistasanfelipe.wordpress.com/ WILLIAM OJEDA GARCIA Venezuelan troupial  (Icterus icterus)  eating the flower of a Pilosocereus lanuginosus on the island of Bonaire, 50 mi (80 km) northwest of Venezuela in the Dutch Caribbean. In San Felipe one learns incredible things. Talking and singing like birds is something weird, almost impossible to believe, not for Ramón Antonio Urbano who throughout his life was devoted to the investigation of birds. So much was his passion in this enormous work for science reaching to maintain loving ties with the birds, he spoke and sang like them, just as he did with the Amazonian Indians who almost slept on the heights of the trees with them. Something unique in the world, a human being capable of interpreting the feeling of birds. No wonder a prestigious foundation of natural sciences recognized worldwide gave it the name of a bird in homage to Ramón Urbano: Urbano, Urbaneja, Urbanois, that is its scientific identi

HOLY WEEK ECOLOGIST VENEZUELA 2018

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The week arrived, an opportunity to get to know the recreational parks, national parks and natural monuments, mainly the destinations of rivers and beaches. It is important to maintain an ecologist or ecological behavior in Easter, following these simple tips: 1.   Do not leave a mark on the places we visit: bring all the remains of the products consumed and leave them in a trash basket. 2. Do not bring animal species or vegetables such as starfish, fish, algae, orchids, bromeliads, or sea shells. Do not buy wild animals in carts and tourist centers such as parrots, iguanas or monkeys. 3. Do not use palm branches, because it is generating great damage to these species and the associated fauna that needs to nest in them. Use leaves of the jojoto or corn, you can also use wide-leaved grasses such as cut grass, guinea, bombaza, to make the crosses and symbolize the welcome to Jesus. You can make ecological bouquets, composed of rosemary, chamomile, cabuya, corn leaves a