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Pat’s 2020 Bird List, Mostly from Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Most of all, the time and effort is worth it when we see new birds, surpass our goals, and when we share those trying, challenging, exuberant and triumphant times with others because the birding party is always better, always stronger, when you you can enjoy the experience with like-minded souls. Go birding!

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? .

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Highlights from Birding Costa Rica, 2019

10,000 Birds

The sleeping Long-billed Curlew that Mary and I espied at the salt ponds of Punta Morales. These experiences, guiding, and other aspects of birding were gifts, I look forward to 2020. These experiences, guiding, and other aspects of birding were gifts, I look forward to 2020.