10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2020
but there are other birds, many stopping to stay, many others moving to South America. In Costa Rica, a lot of those birds fly right overhead. With the majority of Eastern and Western Wood-Pewees wintering in South America, you can bet that thousands, even millions fly over Costa Rica. Cuckoos are up There.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2016
Costa Rica is situated right between two oceans. The pair of seas are close enough for the occasional adventurous frigatebird to just soar way up and right over to the other salty basin. You can also expect solid birding right around the lodge and on the entrance road. In the other direction, the Pacific.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2019
Even the names we give to some birds reflect their dependence on the cultivated landscape – we have Barn Owls ( Tyto alba ) and Barn Swallows ( Hirundo rustica ) over much of the world, and Orchard Orioles ( Icterus spurius ) in the Americas really do have a fondness for fruit groves.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves. 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. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.
10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2012
The population of parrotlets they studied was located on one of the many huge hatos (cattle ranches) in the Venezuelan llanos, a vast swath of flat flooded savannah in the central third of the country that drains into the Rio Orinoco. At this point the chicks are mostly digestive tract.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. That’s right – birds eating clay. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
I drove out a bit late because of an almost-flat tire that needed attention, and then managed to drive right past the reservoir without seeing it. While not my quite my first sighting of an Olive-sided Flycatcher for 2020, this difficult species is always a welcome find as it makes it way through Mexico to reach Central and South America.
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