10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2019

Matt was working on his own US Big Year, and wanted to join me for the hunt. South Africa Total: 219. Costa Rica Totals: 351. Murray Hunt – Daintree River Guide Caines, Australia – Boatman@daintreerivertours.com.au. Nick Coetzee – South Africa. Phumula Kruger Lodge – info@ phumulakruger.co.za, South Africa.

Costa Rica 136

Costa Rica Tucson South Africa Bahamas 136

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Later, Harry Fuller, President of the Klamath Bird Observatory, led us to an open meadow where we saw a pair of Great Gray Owls hunting in a meadow. Patrick had many birds to choose from for his Best Bird of the Year but he chose a new species for him in Costa Rica, a real regional rarity: My BBOTY for 2014 goes to Hudsonian Godwit.

2014 194

2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 194

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. Like the Great Tinamou , Tinamus major. It’s there in the shadows and then it’s gone.

Honduras 254

Honduras Birds Costa Rica Groups 254

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening. Since that trip, I’ve seen Rose-throated Becard in Costa Rica, but not with the rosy throat. And, seeing a bird in Costa Rica is not the same as seeing it in the U.S.

2013 167

2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167