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Happy Global Big Day from Costa Rica!

10,000 Birds

This Yellow Warbler was looking fresh before it left Costa Rica. How can we say that magic is a farce when the May blossoms are backdropping bright, breeding plumaged Canadas , Magnolias , Chestnut-sideds , chocolate Bay-breasteds , and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks ?

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The Little Big Year 2018: Best Birds of the Year!

10,000 Birds

The birds are now breeding in the area, but are quite happy to keep coming to the daily feeding station in groups of over 100 birds. This bird is 3 inches long, lives in the darkest part of the jungle understory of Costa Rica, and never sits still! I finally caught this one in the Alexander Skutch Bird Sanctuary.

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