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In order to celebrate the beginning of Environment Week, IBAMA-PB
(the Brazilian environmental institute), represented by its
Superintendent, environmental analyst and biologist Dr. Ronilson
José da Paz, and by Dr. Paulo Guilherme Carniel Wagner,
environmental analyst, came here in order to reintroduce 502 birds
at Fazenda Tamanduá.
Enjoying good health and carrying identification rings, these birds
had been at the Wild Animal Screening and Relocation Center in the
Mata da Amém, which is a remainder of the Atlantic Rain
Forest in the municipality of Cabedelo, where they were observed and
treated before being let loose
The birds in greatest numbers were the azulão (cyanocompsa
brissoni), with 140 individuals, the caboclinho (sporophila
bouvreuil), with 57 individuals, and the
galo
de campina
(paroariana dominicana) with 49; but there were also cancãs,
bigodes, canários da terra, curiós, tipios,
rolinhas, juritis, jandaias and parakeets, as
well as two asas brancas (“white wings”), the emblem of our
land.
Still a little disorientated and tired after their journey – almost
400 km. – they stayed close to the Farm House, which enjoyed a
marvelous symphony of birdsong and calls, for close to two days
before disappearing into the open fields near the reservoir or the
caatinga area close by. |
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IBAMA's Superintendent, Mr. Ronilson José da Paz
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