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A Year of Birding in Costa Rica- Highlights and a Few Birds Missed

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First birds came in the form of migrants and resident species that live in an oasis of precious green space near home. Those kept me below the 700 species threshhold but I won’t complain about 691 species. I talk about my “best” year birds at my blog. 48 Hummingbird Species. Most Raptors.

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This is my dream – this is my nightmare

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Hunting and disturbance, deterioration, fragmentation and destruction of habitat were the forces behind the decline of this, once widespread species, making it Critically Endangered on the IUCN Global Red List. After my trip, I followed the news of this species closely. Males reach 1.2 meters (3.9

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Potential Efficiency Improvements

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Why tediously write blog posts when ChatGPT can do it for me? So, I asked ChatGPT: “Please write a 500-word blog post about birding in Shanghai in the style of Kai Pflug for the website 10,000 birds” This is the result: Greetings, fellow birding enthusiasts!

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Seeking the Bahama Nuthatch

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For more Bahama Nuthatch information and links, check his blog, [link]. In 2021, the American Ornithological Society announced that it has now classified the Bahama Nuthatch as a distinct species, Sitta insularis. One is a species altogether new to science — a nuthatch discovered on Grand Bahama Island.”

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Spoon-billed Sandpiper at Tiaozini, Jiangsu, China

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The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is probably the most iconic bird species in China – to the point that some bird guides I know are quite tired of looking for it. In 2016, the global spoon-billed sandpiper population was estimated at 240–456 mature individuals – a critically endangered species.

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Africa’s endangered species

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More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. The Gray Crowned-Crane is a new addition to the list of the world’s Endangered species, creeping up a category from Vulnerable.

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Win a Birdwatching Adventure in Peru!

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Your trip will take you from the Amazon rainforest into the peaks of the Andes—with plenty of opportunities to take in Peru’s over 1,700 species of bird (the second most of any country) along the way. Be on the lookout for toucans, woodpeckers, trogons, among many other species. In the meantime enter to win the trip !

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