10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2017
Shorebirds are part of the avian scene in Costa Rica, pretty much all year long. Even more pass through Costa Rica during spring and fall migration, and in summer, you can cross paths with an errant Whimbrel and other shorebirds that opt to extend the vacation in Costa Rica rather than heading way north to the boggy breeding grounds.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2016
Crested Caracaras are a lot more common in Costa Rica. Spend enough time birding in Costa Rica, and you might be tempted to sleep in instead of going birding during June. All you can do is expect the unexpected and that’s why there’s no bad time for birding in Costa Rica.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 28, 2016
We have to figure out when the highest numbers of migrants coincide with resident breeders to increase the probabilities of breaking the previous record, or to at least hit your Big Day birding goal. They got all three potoo species in Costa Rica. It can’t be any time in spring, though.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2016
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. In tropical Costa Rica, we have our fair share of exotic, cool-looking creatures.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2013
Smooth-billed Anis were relative newcomers as breeders to Florida, having only begun nesting since the 1930s. In conclusion, Smooth-billed Ani is most likely not a resident breeder any longer in the state of Florida — only a regular visitor much like Groove-billed Ani.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2011
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. In the case of Acorn Woodpeckers, they are cooperative breeders (as with many other polygynandrous species), which seems to predispose species to polygynandry.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2020
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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