article thumbnail

Expectations and Suggestions for Caribbean Lowland Birding in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

They used to be but a burgeoning population in need of more living room and land for cattle and crops destroyed a fair portion of those rainforests during the 20th century. This small antbird species is common in Panama to Ecuador but rare in Costa Rica. Three Great Greens in flight at a site in the Caribbean slope foothills.

article thumbnail

The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

10,000 Birds

We remember starlings not skylarks, House Sparrows not Eurasian Tree Sparrows , Cattle Egrets not… well, whatever we’ve forgotten because it didn’t do as well as the Cattle Egrets. We have on here in Ecuador that is very prolific in the highlands. And after all, some birds have to expand their range sometimes.

Montana 138