10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2021

… – part 2 – Once I finish this writing, with a strange mix of emotions I will put the Lynx field guide Birds of Colombia to the bookshelf for the first time, more than half a year after I received it. Instead of a Pterodactyl, we had one rare Orange-breasted Falcon by the mountain top, which greeted us in the scope-view.

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Dolphins Colombia Otters Birds 263

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Not that long ago, Costa Rica had one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, rainforests were razed to make way for hot and chiggery cattle pasture, and bot flies probably became more numerous than some bird populations. Hope for a vagrant comes in the form of an Orange-breasted Falcon sighting from west-central Panama.

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Costa Rica Species Panama Birds 224

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2022

8 of them sent 153 lists, noting 645 species of bird across 7 countries (Mexico, UK, USA, Serbia, Australia, Costa Rica, Colombia). Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103. Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103.

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Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Owls 241

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2017

With luck, this bird list will also see species from other countries, I hope “wherever else” ends up referring to Colombia and Brazil! Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Santa Barbara de Heredia, 4-Jan. Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans; Santa Barbara de Heredia, 7-Jan.

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Costa Rica 2017 Woodpeckers Parrots 104