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Global Big Day in Costa Rica

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Those who did so on May 5th automatically became part of the biggest day of collective birding in 2018; Global Big Day ! I love birding tee-shirts, I have a small collection, next year, I’m getting my own for my GBD team. This Plumbeous Kite made it onto the list for the day. Costa Rica is one of those places.

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Birding Inirida, Colombia, or river dolphins and hoatzins, part 2

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… – 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. There is no rubbish floating down the Inirida River, nor decorating its banks. Nor will there be, as our skipper has assured us. –

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A Global Big Day Strategy for Costa Rica

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The folks at eBird (those would be the ones behind this mass birding and data collection initiative) have sent three teams to count birds in the Yucatan, one for each country that shares this region of avian importance.

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Birding the Rainforest Canopy

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These included Sunbird (United Kingdom), Birding Ecotours (South Africa), Aviatur (Colombia), and two teams from the USA; FieldGuides and Surbound Expeditions. This Birding Rally’s competitors were companies that specialize in birding and nature tours. Our team was composed of Adam Kent, Tim Towles, a local guide, and myself.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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There is a photo of him caring for a White-chinned Sapphire in the book, the only human pictured in Dunn’s 16-page collection of hummingbird photographs, and it is inspiring. A good part of The Glitter in the Green is devoted to the history of how hummingbirds have been treated and depicted and valued or not valued by human beings.

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Which Bird Species Have Gone Extinct in Costa Rica?

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A vagrant from northern Colombia isn’t out of the question but we are still waiting for that local mega to happen. This Costa Rican enigma came to light after being collected by C. For the Alfaro’s Hummingbird Saucerottia alfaroana , though, we don’t know if it’s gone or what it was in the first place!

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Best* Bird Books, Binoculars, Bottles** of Booze, and Backpacks of the Bygone Year

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We review what the publishers, distillers, or manufacturers send us, or what catches our collective eye, or what we have time for. Colombia is one of those countries that Dragan’s dreams are made of: it has 1,965 bird species – more than any other country in the world. He says that [Steven L.] Donna). ==.

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