10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Each family group starts with a description of what traits are common to the species within the family, its representation in Northern Central America, and other interesting, relevant facts. Each species account lists the basics—common name, scientific name, measurements in inches and centimeters.

El Salvador 229

El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 229

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rican, and Panama , just published in October, is a field guide that was ten years in the making. Of the native breeding species, 112 are endemic or “very nearly endemic.” (Can It’s unique in two major ways.

America 211

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 211

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

This bird spent the 2011-2012 winter at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in northern California, migrated someplace exotic and distant in February, and returned to the same pond at the beginning of this month. Secretive, silent and undetectable outside of its breeding season, found only in the U.S. Secondly, well just look at it.

2012 143

2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 143