10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2017
Although a lot of beautiful rainforest was replaced by bananas, cattle pasture, and other ag-lands many years ago, at least we can still enjoy great birding at a number of sites, most of which are easily accessible including Sarapiqui, the most visited site in the lowlands north of San Jose. The Bat Falcon that joined us for breakfast. .
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2012
Little Blue and Tricolored Herons , Snowy , Great , and Cattle Egrets , a Laughing Falcon , Black Vultures, Blue-winged Teal , a Wood Stork , a nesting tree of Montezuma Oropendulas , and Ruddy Ground-Doves were just some of the species we saw on our short train ride into the refuge. Howler monkeys! Golden-mantled Howlers ! Monkeys!!!!!
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
Heading south on a good surfaced road, we made slow progress through the herds of cattle, donkeys and goats that thronged the highway, until we finally reached the land of the Konso. Quality time was spent with a friendly Hamar family at their homestead of grass huts surrounding their cattle corral.
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2012
In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2018
In the meantime, I’m still going to keep a year list and maintain said list right here at this post. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Sarapiqui, 2-Jan. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis; Sarapiqui, 1-Jan. A friend of mine mentioned just the other day that she wanted to hit 600. I want to help her reach that goal.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
Must be a joke, right? Not that long ago, Costa Rica had one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, rainforests were razed to make way for hot and chiggery cattle pasture, and bot flies probably became more numerous than some bird populations. But how about when the Costa Rica conversation involves a birder? What a horror!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2018
There are a number of potential reasons for this, the most likely by far being that Pat has been batting for both teams for a couple of weeks. Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.
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