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Highlights from a Cancelled Pelagic Trip in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Alas, our trip to the sea was not to be! They might be regular in South Texas but not in Costa Rica. On our way over, we had one Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel and at least one Black Storm-Petrel along with Black Terns and a few other tern species. We wondered if it might be taking advantage of some food source in that area to molt.

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Best Bird of the Year 2013

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My best bird of the year is based on the sighting rather than the species. Obviously my best bird of the year is going to come during this trip, what with several species of endemic pitta and broadbill possible, not to mention 8 species of hornbill and numerous babblers, storks, kingfishers, trogons and even the endemic Bornean Bristlehead.

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