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Costa Rica on a relaxed birding pace

10,000 Birds

Few places boast so many different bird species in such a small area — over 900 species (more than Europe, or all of the United States and Canada combined), including 75 different families, like 51 species of hummingbirds, 48 warblers, and 45 tanagers. It was close to 5 a.m.,

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Aplomado Twitch in Costa Rica

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While we could chase a number of local, rare residents, looking for super tough species like Pheasant Cuckoo and Tawny-faced Quail is more akin to searching and lurking in appropriate habitat and just hoping to get lucky. In Costa Rica, we don’t get many chances to chase birds. It was big, built for speed, and on the move.

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Impressive Highland Birding in Costa Rica at El Toucanet

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Those would be species like the Keel-billed, White-throated, and Toco Toucans , the latter of which has become such an iconic rep. for its kind that even in Costa Rica, images of the Brazilian species have been used for marketing (much to the chagrin and dismay of local birders). Some call it the Blue-throated Toucanet.

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La Paloma, The Doves of the Baja

10,000 Birds

The country of Mexico as a whole, is host to 27 different species of doves, with the California Baja Sure home to six. With a large number of sub-species in many of these doves, I have listed the actual sub-species for this area. A common migratory species, is the Mourning Dove , Zenaida macroura marginella.

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Collaborative list – February 2020

10,000 Birds

Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Rio san jose. You may notice that the list only reaches as far as 879 even though I claimed that there were 928 species recorded during February. Western Australia. 14 Feb 2020. Graylag Goose – Anser anser. Sultanpur National Park. 23 Feb 2020. Brant – Branta bernicla.

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