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A Comparison of Birding in Costa Rica and Eilat, Israel

10,000 Birds

Then I wake up, eventually realize that I am back in Costa Rica, and find myself thinking about birding here and birding there. Here are some: Mega migration : We bear witness to some serious migration in Costa Rica. Here are some: Mega migration : We bear witness to some serious migration in Costa Rica.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

10,000 Birds

Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks. Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? In this case, they would be exhibiting polyandry.

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Our Best Birds of 2020

10,000 Birds

However, it wasn’t until the infamous year of 2020 that I finally laid eyes on it in the marshes of Las Pangas in southern Costa Rica. Common Cuckoo is a fascinating bird, an obligate parasitic breeder that employs numerous strategies, including fraud and murder, to survive. A non-bird Best Bird of the Year? Preposterous!

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