10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

Red-breasted Blackbird is a meadowlark. Split from the Three-striped Warbler of South America, yet another species is added to the list of birds only found in the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. Once upon a time, it was lumped with the Masked Yellowthroat of South America. Costa Rican Warbler.

Costa Rica 203

Costa Rica Birds Owls South America 203

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

High overhead, swallows are going over and in the fields, blackbirds move in undulating flocks. This is because although mature forest and trees are legally protected, second growth is not and large areas of this and other areas on the road back to being rainforest have been completely destroyed to make way for pineapples.

Costa Rica 165

Costa Rica South America Tennessee 2019 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Michael Kessler, born in Peru and currently working in Switzerland, has researched birds, plants, and overall biodiversity in Bolivia and South America, and, his bio says, fulfilled a lifelong dream by contributing his artwork. In this case, the hope is that publication of a field guide will increase the number of birders.

Bolivia 187

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

I chanced to glance at a bird perched atop the Oak tree in my back yard, figuring it was one of the Blackbirds or Grackles that had recently returned to my neighborhood. The vast majority of Baltimore Orioles that breed in North America return to the tropics between Mexico and northern South America for the cold half of the year.

North Carolina 140

North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

This means that there are some astoundingly large families of birds in Central and South America. The question is if the reverse situation occurs (we are still waiting the Melodius Blackbirds!). have found their way to Costa Rica. Eildert Beeftink Mar 16th, 2011 at 12:34 pm That’s another excellent post, James.

Panama 223

Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2012

Mareeba Wetlands Just north of the town of Mareeba are the Mareeba Wetlands , a large lake reserve that protects both wetlands and northern savannah. Lake Mitchell Hasties Swamp I didn’t actually intend to go to Hasties Swamp National Park, just south of Atherton.

Geese 169

Geese Ducks Australia Pelicans 169