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Northern Mockingbird-5152.jpg, a photo by HVargas on Flickr.

Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the Mimidae family. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession. There are about 17 species in three genera. These do not appear to form a monophyletic lineage: Mimus and Nesomimus are quite closely related; their closest living relatives appear to be some thrashers, such as the Sage Thrasher. Melanotis is more distinct; it seems to represent a very ancient basal lineage of Mimidae.
El cenzontle o sinsonte (Mimus polyglottos) es un ave paseriforme nativa de América del Norte, América Central y parte de América del Sur. Los ejemplares adultos son grises por la parte superior del cuerpo, con ojos de un amarillo pálido y pico negro mínimamente curvo.
En otras antillas, tales como Puerto Rico, se conoce como ruiseñor. Construyen nidos de ramas en arbustos o árboles de gran follaje, que defienden agresivamente del ataque de otras aves o animales, incluyendo a los humanos. Cuando un depredador es muy persistente, los cenzontles de territorios cercanos se reúnen mediante una llamada distintiva, y juntos atacan al agresor.
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The Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This bird is mainly a permanent resident, but northern birds may move south during harsh weather.
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae
Genus: Mimus
Species: M. polyglottos
Binomial name: Mimus polyglottos
Nombre Comun: Ruiseñor
Capture: Sadle Brook
By: HVargas

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Northern Mockingbird-5157.jpg, a photo by HVargas on Flickr.

Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the Mimidae family. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession. There are about 17 species in three genera. These do not appear to form a monophyletic lineage: Mimus and Nesomimus are quite closely related; their closest living relatives appear to be some thrashers, such as the Sage Thrasher. Melanotis is more distinct; it seems to represent a very ancient basal lineage of Mimidae.
El cenzontle o sinsonte (Mimus polyglottos) es un ave paseriforme nativa de América del Norte, América Central y parte de América del Sur. Los ejemplares adultos son grises por la parte superior del cuerpo, con ojos de un amarillo pálido y pico negro mínimamente curvo.
En otras antillas, tales como Puerto Rico, se conoce como ruiseñor. Construyen nidos de ramas en arbustos o árboles de gran follaje, que defienden agresivamente del ataque de otras aves o animales, incluyendo a los humanos. Cuando un depredador es muy persistente, los cenzontles de territorios cercanos se reúnen mediante una llamada distintiva, y juntos atacan al agresor.
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The Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This bird is mainly a permanent resident, but northern birds may move south during harsh weather.
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae
Genus: Mimus
Species: M. polyglottos
Binomial name: Mimus polyglottos
Nombre Comun: Ruiseñor
Capture: Sadle Brook
By: HVargas

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GWBridge-8424-Edit.jpg, a photo by HVargas on Flickr.

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The George Washington Bridge (known informally as the GW Bridge, the GWB, the GW, or the George) is a suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey. Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1/9 cross the river via the bridge. U.S. Route 46, which is entirely in New Jersey, ends halfway across the bridge at the state border.

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GWBridge-8298.jpg, a photo by HVargas on Flickr.

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The George Washington Bridge (known informally as the GW Bridge, the GWB, the GW, or the George) is a suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey. Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1/9 cross the river via the bridge. U.S. Route 46, which is entirely in New Jersey, ends halfway across the bridge at the state border.

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GWBridge-8299.jpg, a photo by HVargas on Flickr.

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The George Washington Bridge (known informally as the GW Bridge, the GWB, the GW, or the George) is a suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey. Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1/9 cross the river via the bridge. U.S. Route 46, which is entirely in New Jersey, ends halfway across the bridge at the state border.

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Mantis-0826.jpg, a photo by HVargas on Flickr.

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Mantodea (or mantises, mantes) is an order of insects that contains over 2,400 species and about 430 genera.
praying mantis, because of the typical "prayer-like" posture with folded fore-limbs, although the eggcorn "preying mantis" is sometimes used in reference to their predatory habits.
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Los mantodeos Mantodea, de Mantis,son un orden de insectos neópteros comúnmente conocidos como mantis, mamboretás, santa teresas, rezadoras o campamochas.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Camera: Canon EOS 5D mark-III
Lens: Canon EF 180mm Macro L
Settings: 1/160ƒ/8 ISO-640 180mm
Capture: Conowingo, MD-USA
By: HVargas

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HV-5013.jpg, a photo by HVargas on Flickr.

Hispaniolan Woodpecker
El carpintero de La Española (Melanerpes striatus) es un miembro antillano del género Melanerpes endémico de la isla de La Española, que sólo se encuentra en los bosques de

Haití y la República Dominicana.
Se distingue por su vistoso plumaje de estrías negras y amarillas y su cabeza coronada en rojo completo, en los machos, y en el rojo y negro de las hembras. Muy útil pues se

alimenta de gusanos e insectos que constituyen plagas.
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The Hispaniolan Woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus) is a medium-sized woodpecker endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
Their back is covered in yellow and black stripes. Males have a dark red stripe from their forehead to their neck while females the red stripe extends from the nape to the

neck only. Their tail base is brilliantly red while the tail itself is black. The rump is olive-grey.
Unlike most woodpeckers, the Hispaniolan Woodpecker is a social species that takes advantage of having a large number of individual adult birds in the colony to protect a

nesting bank or tree.
Their habitat, which is restricted to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, extends from the coasts, over the deserts to the mountains of the island.
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Subfamily: Picinae
Genus: Melanerpes
Species: M. striatus
Binomial name: Melanerpes striatus
Nombre Comun: Carpintero
Lugar De Captura: Luperon, Pto. Pta. Rep. Dom.
By: HVargas