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Signs of Spring Migration in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

That unwanted yet predictable final bit of killing cold weather was and is why most of the colorful insectivores, the true birds of summer, remained far to the south until May. Wilson’s Plovers are in Breeding Plumage. Typically, in Costa Rica, this swamp beauty is a bird of wetlands and mangroves. More Birds are Singing.