10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Howell and Dale Dyer and Birds of Costa Rica by Dale Dyer and Steve N. An associated issue is that the Belize and Costa Rica guides share many of the same descriptions of species, written by Howell. Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Still, I have been stuck trying to identify a dragonfly I photographed in 2010. Some odonates (dragonflies and damselflies) are included in Costa Rica nature guides, but there are hundreds of these beautiful creatures flying around the diverse habitats of Costa Rican and there has not been a guide devoted just to them till now.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
& updated (PUP, 2010); you can find a full list of his publications and listing of number of plates contributed on Dyer’s web site. Nevertheless, it necessary to combine field experience with museum experience to create a vivid and accurate image of a species. Skutch (Cornell Univ. by Robert S. Ridgely and John A.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Its native range stretches from the southern Pacific coast of Mexico south to northwestern Costa Rica, where it is an inhabitant of arid to semihumid woodland and open areas with scattered trees. Despite being tainted with this fact, I will sheepishly admit that this oriole is a welcome enrichment to our local avifauna.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Unfortunately, this morph is the dominant one at Fuzhou NFP”) that somehow survived the review process, possibly because the reviewer has had similar experiences. However, it wasn’t until the infamous year of 2020 that I finally laid eyes on it in the marshes of Las Pangas in southern Costa Rica. Preposterous!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2013
As 2013 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. It was easily one of the best birding experiences I’ve ever had, even impressing my nonbirder fiance. You can read more about his experience here.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 31, 2012
On this final day of 2012 it is time, just like it was on the final days of 2010 and 2011 , to share your Best Birds of the Year. I have chronicled the experience on my blog. 2012 was one of my best years for birding in Costa Rica. My best bird of the year was my (and my wife’s) very first Scarlet Tanager.
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