10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2020

but there are other birds, many stopping to stay, many others moving to South America. If the wind carries them on, maybe they will go to Panama, or even make it to Colombia. Latin America tends to be loud and Costa Rica is no exception. In Costa Rica, a lot of those birds fly right overhead. Cuckoos are up There.

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Costa Rica South America Colombia Paraguay 267

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2021

… – part 2 – Once I finish this writing, with a strange mix of emotions I will put the Lynx field guide Birds of Colombia to the bookshelf for the first time, more than half a year after I received it. Hoatzin is one of the species I always dreamed to see, and then I forgot they are possible on this tour, so I didn’t expect them!

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Dolphins Colombia Otters Birds 260

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2020

I am only responding to my subjective impression of a single species’ appearance here; specifically, that of the Bronzed Cowbird. Instead, they lay their eggs in other species’ nests, and let those nest-making birds (often significantly smaller than the cowbirds) raise their young. Native versus invasive species?

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Birds Blackbirds Mexico Cattle 154