Costa Rica Eggs Family Species 
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2019
This is also why so many of the birding tribe travel to watch birds, a good number of which eventually make it to Costa Rica. Like Resplendent Quetzals … A good number of birders who make it to Costa Rica visit a small, roadside diner located in the middle elevations of the Caribbean slope. Check out the toucanets.
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2024
There are 154 species of cuckoos in the world, and they’re all a fascinating bunch. I have encountered a few of the more quirky members of the family, including the brilliant and aptly-named African Emerald Cuckoo, India’s ultra-shy Sirkeer Malkoha, and the fascinating Lesser Ground Cuckoo in Costa Rica.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
The text goes far beyond just those two birds, however, as Doug works his way through the puzzles presented by the incredibly wide diversity of bird behavior, even within species, citing current research and new and old theories, reasoning out the most likely and unlikely answers. The six middle chapters are my favorite reading. ” (p.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2011
Besides the avian attributes of flight, feathers and laying eggs, potoos are quite possibly the most unbird-like birds in the world. Sometimes called “Poor-me-ones&# on account of their haunting calls, these bizarre denizens of the night come in 7 different flavors from the family Nyctibiidae within the order Caprimulgiformes.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Ackerman surrounds each individual story with background facts and studies on other birds who mimic, play, parasitize nests, engage in complex cognitive routines, parent in unusual ways–presenting a complex mosaic of avian behaviors amongst bird families and the scientific histories of trying to understand them.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2019
Like crows and jays, they are social, vocal, intelligent, and omnivorous (including eating eggs and nestlings). Much to the good fortune of resident and visiting birders in Costa Rica, this is true, we see toucans at many sites in the country. Yes, this bird acts like a jay. Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2015
If you’ve birded the Neoptropics, then you’re familiar with the haunting sound of Great Tinamou, and may have even seen the bird, as I did in Costa Rica, walking through thick rain forest foliage. Our group got to see another species that is a master of camouflage on our trip for the Honduran Emerald.
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