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Bird Migration and Conservation Meet at Selva Bananito, Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Birds begin to filter down through this southern part of Central America by August but the biggest avian movement happens during the third and final weeks of October. We might not get the variety of a New Jersey autumn but we do get major numbers of species that winter in South America. In Costa Rica, October is our May.

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Getting the Guan (Pawi Edition)

10,000 Birds

The Northern Range serves to stabilize the country’s freshwater supply and shelters a terrific diversity of both Caribbean and South American flora and fauna. But Blue-headed Parrots were certainly special, as were raptors like Short-tailed Hawk and Common Black-hawk among the endless vultures.

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