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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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Howell and Dale Dyer and Birds of Costa Rica by Dale Dyer and Steve N. An associated issue is that the Belize and Costa Rica guides share many of the same descriptions of species, written by Howell. Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico.

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Fall Migration in Costa Rica- Six Things I Have Learned

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After moving to Costa Rica in 2007, my fall migration took on a different approach. But it happened nonetheless and if you go birding in Costa Rica in September, especially during October, you can’t help but notice. Just as in the north, fall migration in Costa Rica doesn’t happen for two or three short weeks.

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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or in the Land of Coffee and Chocolate

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Since I wanted to buy some genuine tastes of Costa Rica, we continued to C.A.T.I.E. Into the souvenir shop for some local coffee, chocolate and cocoa, then a coffee mug with an image of a Three-toed Sloth and the Field Guide to the Mammals of Costa Rica, and off we go. A group (maybe 4-5 ex.)

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The wonderful Phainopepla

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Last Sunday, it was never as obvious as it was with the small group of Phainopepla , Phainopepla nitens. The Black-and-white Phainoptila , Phainoptila melanoxantha from Costa Rica and Panama. I thoroughly enjoyed watching them swoop erratically from tree to tree to cactus.

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Rarely Seen Costa Rica Birds That Aren’t Rare

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Once you get to Costa Rica, you’ll already know those birds so well, it will be like meeting distant family members and famous folks for the very first time.Over and over! In brief, you’ll be ready for those birds in Costa Rica, ready to soak them up and have a fantastic trip. Right, say what?!

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America: A Book Review

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When I went to Honduras in 2014, I was advised to use The Birds of Costa Rica by Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean (2014) and The Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America by Steve N.G. It has been a long time between field guides for most of these countries. Howell and Sophie Webb (a classic, but big and published in 1995).

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Shorebirding in Costa Rica

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It’s an exciting time for birding in Costa Rica. Migration is happening in Costa Rica and the avian movements are fierce. It’s fierce because a procession of kites flock their way through the Caribbean lowlands in groups that number in the hundreds, even thousands. Such a lovely sight. Marbled Godwit.