10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
This is when we might see the greatest variety and numbers of wood-warblers, where we can watch dizzying groups of swallows zip through the skies as kettles of Turkey Vultures , and Broad-winged and Swainson’s Hawks flow towards South America. In Costa Rica, they become another sort of animal.
Critter News
JANUARY 13, 2009
At the end of 2007, the World Society for the Protection of Animals selected the McKee Project to work on spay/neuter programs in Guatemala. Although they are best known for their work in Costa Rica, they also work in Mexico and Panama. Tags: spay and neuter latin america.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
I’m focusing on Turkey Vultures here because they are undoubtedly the species most birders in North America (the home of 10kB) are most familiar with, but the name vulture applies to birds found around the globe. It’s worthy of admiration , if not respect, for this most disrespected of birds. Here’s the kicker though.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
We think that the original stock from which the Galapagos Finches evolved came from nearby South America. But the Tortoises and Iguanas (and some other animals, probably) did not come from the nearby South American landmass via what is now Ecuador. They did it before the Panama Land Bridge formed. First, about the Galapagos.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2019
A bird of lowland and foothill rainforest, the Yellow-throated Toucan can be seen in most parts of the Caribbean slope and from the Carara area south to Panama. As with related species in South America, pairs also give a loud yelping duet from the top of canopy emergents in the morning and late afternoon.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide by Dennis Paulson and William Haber fills a large gap in the field guide coverage of Costa Rica and continues the high level of excellence set by Paulson’s previous guides to dragonflies and damselflies of eastern and western North America. and where to look (tree holes!
Animal Person
AUGUST 6, 2009
In writing my new book Hoodwinked (Random House, Nov 2009 publication date), I recently visited Central America. Memories are short in the US, but not in Central America. The cozy relationship between Honduras’s military coup leaders and the corporatocracy were confirmed a couple of days after my arrival in Panama.
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