10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Sure, it’s been well over a month since I returned from my fun-filled, family vacation to Honduras but that doesn’t mean that it’s too late to blog about it, right? And, without a doubt, one of the biggest highlights of our time in Honduras was our outing to Parque Nacional Marino Cayos Cochinos. Taxonomy is fun!

Honduras 154

Honduras Birds Butcher Fish 154

10,000 Birds

JUNE 10, 2017

Since the male Snowcap only occurs in foothill rainforests from Honduras to western Panama, is pretty uncommon (or at least often hard to see), and has deep wine reddish plumage with a glowing white crown, it can’t help but be a perpetual good bird. Say that you were “gripped” and they might be tempted to call the cops.

Costa Rica 124

Costa Rica Unwanted Honduras Panama 124

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rican, and Panama , just published in October, is a field guide that was ten years in the making. Covering 1,261 species with data and taxonomy current up to August 2017, the field guide is an exciting achievement. SPECIES ACCOUNTS.

America 212

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 212

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. Each bird, regardless of species, seems perfectly content to wait for the other to make the first move toward the colpa.

Peru 254

Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Although more than twenty thousand people around the globe who share the hobby or passion or obsession for watching the feathered ones also shared a collective day of birding on May 5th, we just had to do it again for fall migration. In Costa Rica, my two person “Team Tyto” did especially well with a final total of 236 species.

Costa Rica 134

Costa Rica Argentina Bats Birds 134