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Highlights from Birding Costa Rica, 2019

10,000 Birds

Ruffs from Israel, the one in Costa Rica kind of looked like the top bird. Luck always plays a role for seeing these monster goshawks but so does looking for them in the right places. The sleeping Long-billed Curlew that Mary and I espied at the salt ponds of Punta Morales. Bird counts. Quetzals, hummingbirds, and tanagers.