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Check out Birding Experiences in Costa Rica

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Birding Experiences is a Costa Rican company owned and run by enthusiastic birdwatchers from Costa Rica. The name of our company reflects our goals and modus operandi because we know that the best birding trips are well-rounded birding experiences. The post Check out Birding Experiences in Costa Rica appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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But is it safe?

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That could be because Mexico’s lowland Tierra Caliente (Hot Country) has a Very Bad Reputation. State department travel warnings, Mexico as a whole has a bad reputation. I have lived in Mexico for almost 37 years, and in Michoacán for 25 years, and yet I have never witnessed a violent crime. Is it safe to bird in Mexico?

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Global Big Day in Costa Rica

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Although we don’t really have a chance to top the numbers of birds identified in mega birdy places like Peru, Colombia, or even Mexico, we still do our best to make it into the top ten and at least see if we can beat the record from the previous year. Costa Rica is one of those places.

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A Guide to Some Possible Bird Species Splits in Costa Rica

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Black-faced Antthrush : According to the IOC list, this one is already split from the Mayan Antthrush of southern Mexico and northern Central America. The same can be said about the population in Colombia and Ecuador so this could end up being a future, three-way split. from Mexico south to Costa Rica.

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Where America dreams of/goes birding?

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4%: Mexico, West Papua (Indonesia), New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya. 15%: Colombia, New Guinea (irrespective of the part/country). Colombia was praised for its “amazing people, topography and biodiversity”. 6%: Antarctica, Argentina, Indonesia (including the votes for West Papua), India. 8%: Brazil, Panama. 17%: Ecuador, Peru.

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

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Like all talented travel writers, Dunn is adept at drawing us into his experiences. We listen in on conversations with people he meets along the way–ornithologists, local birders, drivers, and guides, and just plain local people that he runs into as he rummages through villages, ferries across channels, and explores city markets.

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Would You Move to Another Country… for the Birds?

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But there are apparently almost a million Americans that have settled here in Mexico, far beyond any other country’s total. Those who retire here usually did so because their retirement money will go so much further in Mexico. Every lifer is, of course, a new experience, and Mexico offers a lot of them!

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