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Getting the Bill – Taste, Touch and Smell in Birds

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Sword-billed Hummingbird , Colombia Bills come in all shapes and sizes. Aptly called the tube-nosed birds, on account of their raised and highly visible nostrils, these species are able to hone in on oceanic food from several miles away, based on smell alone. The longest bird bill relative to body-size.

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Which Bird Species Have Gone Extinct in Costa Rica?

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Must be a joke, right? A vagrant from northern Colombia isn’t out of the question but we are still waiting for that local mega to happen. So far, the story about this strange bird ends right where it started because it hasn’t been seen since. But how about when the Costa Rica conversation involves a birder?