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Want to Escape the Heat? Go Birding in Costa Rica!

10,000 Birds

Yep, come to Costa Rica to cool off! Plant as many trees as you can, support organic, locally produced food, don’t buy products associated with deforestation, and feel good about coming down to Costa Rica. It was also nice to listen to and see several Flame-colored Tanagers, and smart looking Acorn Woodpeckers.

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Collaborative list – August 2019

10,000 Birds

In publishing the most current thinking, eBird have become the month’s biggest contributor to the life list, expanding it by 7 brand new species and pushing it to 3774. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. Gila Woodpecker – Melanerpes uropygialis.

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