10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

If a list also shows the status for each species, birders on their way to Costa Rica would realize that they shouldn’t really expect vireos with white eyes nor blue heads (but would hopefully know that they should very much report those species on eBird so local birders can chase them!). Spot-bellied Bobwhite bites the dust.

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Costa Rica Birds Owls South America 196

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FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Costa Rica is known for its quetzales, many hummingbirds, beautiful tanagers, and a host of other tropical birdies not found back at the home patch. That’s of course why most birders visit Costa Rica and rightly so. No ducks, nor Cave Swallows but the other additions were very welcome.

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Costa Rica Ducks Morals Species 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

It’s warm as always in Costa Rica but I know there’s a change of seasons up north. In Costa Rica, the seasons are changing as well, nothing like the drastic turn up north but changes nonetheless. One of many beautiful Baltimore Orioles in Costa Rica for the winter. Gulls on the Niagara.

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Costa Rica Baltimore Tennessee Parrots 135

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2020

I don’t know what I will identify but since most or all will be in Costa Rica, there should be a lot. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; Lakeside Catfish farms, 11-Jan. Muscovy Duck – Crypturellus cinnamomeus; La Garita, 8-Jan. Lifers are in caps and the most outstanding species are in bold.

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Costa Rica 2020 Morals Farming 256

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JANUARY 16, 2021

After all, Costa Rica is no small player on the world birding stage. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; Tirimbina, 9-Jan. The post Pat’s Costa Rica Bird List, 2021 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Here I go, I hope you also surpass your birding goals in 2021.

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Costa Rica Birds Parrots Woodpeckers 158

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

January kicks off the high season for birding in Costa Rica. Identifying 600 species : This is an annual goal of mine and, in Costa Rica, is feasible even if you stick to birding once a week. Catching some coastal migration : A lot of migrants pass through Costa Rica and most do so near the Caribbean coast.

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Costa Rica 2015 Birds Panama 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2018

Flock after flock of blackbirds, ducks, geese, raptors flapping their way north. In Costa Rica, April is much more stable. It’s a good time to be in Costa Rica. If you see some of those birds on a Texas coast, know that many of them flew right through Costa Rica. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher.

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Costa Rica Blackbirds Texas Geese 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

For example, in Costa Rica, we have Eastern Phoebe on the list because one lone, very lost (or extremely adventurous) individual took a really big detour at Pismo Beach instead of making a short flight to wintering grounds much closer to home. Yep, as silly as it sounds, those are a few of the rare birds I would chase in Costa Rica!

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Costa Rica Birds Panama Sparrows 161

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

This is also why we don’t expect to see many birds on a sunny day in Costa Rica. Go birding in middle elevation forest in Costa Rica (or anywhere in the neotropics) and you will appreciate (and curse) the ability of those birds to hide in plain sight. Destinations Costa Rica Trips' By two p.m.,

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Costa Rica Falcons Ducks Species 167

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2015

That 600th species was a Streaked Xenops , an especially uncommon bird in Costa Rica usually seen at Tapanti National Park. I’m actually surprised I haven’t seen one yet this year but then again, viewing a Jabiru in Costa Rica usually requires a visit to the Palo Verde area or Cano Negro. Streaked Xenops.

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Costa Rica 2015 Species West Virginia 154

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APRIL 1, 2017

Unless those non-birding folks happen to be duck hunters or love to go fishing, they tend to stay away from the marshes, the riparian zones, the bottom lands. There are two main wetland areas in Costa Rica, one in the Tempisque River floodplain, and the other in wetland areas associated with Lake Nicaragua. See the birds?

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Costa Rica Birds Ducks Pelicans 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2015

I never saw one there but this year, finally caught up with one of several vagrant Arctics on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Brown Noddies are regular summer residents in Costa Rica, I saw mine from the Puntarenas-Paquera ferry. I have seen both in other places but still need them for my Costa Rica list.

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Costa Rica 2015 Eagles Birds 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Our second week here in Costa Rica has certainly seen a great increase in the amount of rain. We were able to get in about 2 hours with Abner the next day, before heading off to the southern end of Costa Rica. Costa Rica species – 273. here again, we wanted the pertinent information.

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Costa Rica Falcons Mexico Groups 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2019

It could mean venturing outdoors on January First accompanied by a storm of gulls picking through frozen garbage, or meditating on the calls of ducks, geese, and finches during a cold, misty dawn. The latter is how I began 2019 in Costa Rica and I am grateful. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata; Turrucares, 1-Jan.

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Costa Rica 2019 Parrots Woodpeckers 113

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MAY 27, 2017

In Costa Rica, we did our part and were elated to finish with more than 640 species. Overhead, we got our first species in the form of a calling Black-bellied Whistling-Duck. It was still the highest one team total for Costa Rica but pretty far from the highest list for the day.

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Costa Rica 2017 Owls West Virginia 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2018

As usual, most of my birding will be in Costa Rica although if all goes well, come April, there should also be a sweet set of lifers from Guatemala, hopefully including one that has a red thing sticking out of its noggin. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; Lands in Love, 12-Jan. Here we go!

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Costa Rica Birds Parrots Woodpeckers 148

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Manky Muscovy Ducks Manky Muscovy Ducks By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 6 comments Tweet Share The Muscovy Duck ( Cairina moschata ) attracts more attention than most ducks, at least in North America.

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Ducks 2011 Deer New York 210

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2017

It’s going to take a while but if I can expend time and energy (aka birding kung-fu) in the right places, I can certainly make that happen for Costa Rica. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; San Miguel reservoir, 8-Jan. This year, I’m hoping that combination will push the year list past 700.

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Costa Rica 2017 Woodpeckers Parrots 102

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

When I went to Honduras in 2014, I was advised to use The Birds of Costa Rica by Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean (2014) and The Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America by Steve N.G. It has been a long time between field guides for most of these countries. Howell and Sophie Webb (a classic, but big and published in 1995).

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 229

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Thank goodness that the rest of the beats have been busily birding,that’s what they like to do… 9 of them submitted 114 checklists via eBird and amassed 525 species from 7 (China, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, UK, Serbia and USA) countries during November. 3 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis.

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Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Costa Rica 194

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JANUARY 23, 2016

On the other side of the weather coin, now that I live in Costa Rica, the first month of the year also means warm sunny days punctuated by windy weather, and migrants like Yellow Warblers and Baltimore Orioles sharing green space with Blue-gray Tanagers and other avian locals. The locals don’t always get along with the migrants.

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Costa Rica 2016 San Antonio Sparrows 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2021

9 beats from 8 countries (Australia, USA, UK, Serbia, Costa Rica, China, Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico), shared 138 checklists for 703 species. The year list to date is 1015 species and 7 have been added to the life list ( 4059 ) from Costa Rica, China and Trinidad and Tobago. 10 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Ducks Parrots 176

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Patrick had many birds to choose from for his Best Bird of the Year but he chose a new species for him in Costa Rica, a real regional rarity: My BBOTY for 2014 goes to Hudsonian Godwit. I had enough time to warn my husband that it was headed our way and we ducked. Carlos’s BBOTY – the Nicobar Pigeon.

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 183

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

December’s beats found 609 birds after submitting 116 checklists from 8 countries (USA, UK, Costa Rica, China, Mexico, Serbia and Australia). Most species-prolific was Patrick in Costa Rica, followed by Paul from Mexico. If you wish to see a full list for 2020, you can find it here. .

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2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 212

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

When Costa Rica becomes a topic of conversation, we don’t usually hear the word “extinction” being thrown around. But how about when the Costa Rica conversation involves a birder? It’s easy to bedazzle the bins with this one when birding in Costa Rica. Must be a joke, right?

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Costa Rica Species Panama Birds 212

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

There were birds to watch but they were the gulls and ducks on the river, the sparrows in the fields, the finches that came to the feeder, the beautiful American Kestrel on the roadside wire. Much to the good fortune of resident and visiting birders in Costa Rica, this is true, we see toucans at many sites in the country.

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Costa Rica Panama Eating Eggs South America 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

7 beats contributed their sightings from 7 countries (Hong Kong, UK, China, USA, Serbia, Australia and, of course, Costa Rica). Wood Duck (Aix sponsa). Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha). American Black Duck (Anas rubripes). Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) (Anas platyrhynchos x rubripes).

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2020 Sparrows Niger Woodpeckers 151

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2022

8 of them sent 153 lists, noting 645 species of bird across 7 countries (Mexico, UK, USA, Serbia, Australia, Costa Rica, Colombia). It has not resulted in extraordinary numbers of sightings personally, but the beats have been busy on their respective patches and have sent me their lists to collate. The year list finishes at 1628.

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Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Owls 222

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

Like the red in Red-bellied Woodpecker and the ring in Ring-necked Duck , this part of the Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet’s name describes a feature that is not obvious to the casual observer or from a great distance. The Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet itself was the Northern Beardless Flycatcher until the early 1980s. Next: Beardless.

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Costa Rica 2014 Family Collecting 102

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

9 beats submitted 140 checklists from 7 countries (USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago) during October to account for 585 species. 2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. 3 Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. 11 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 225

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

This 57,331 acre refuge was set aside as a critical wintering location for tens of thousands of Geese, Ducks and Sandhill Cranes. There was also a small raft of Ruddy Ducks. In about 10 days, we leave for our last (at least up to now) out of the US trip, with 21 days scheduled in Costa Rica.

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New Mexico Mexico Tucson Arizona 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2015

After the birding bugs bites, the abundance of new and colorful birds makes it easy to overlook or even blatantly ignore sparrows, “seagulls”, female ducks, and flycatchers. Yes, they look pretty similar, and also look sort of look like four or five other species in Costa Rica.

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Costa Rica Panama Species Sparrows 188

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2020

However, 10 beats from 7 countries were able to submit some 127 checklists containing 597 birds from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica). 178 Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula. 183 Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. 329 Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis.

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2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 169

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2021

Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143. Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143.

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Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds Ducks 155

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2011

Oh yes, change is a-comin’ Crimson-fronted Parakeet ( Aratinga finschi ), Moravia, Costa Rica © David J. Separating ducks and coots is one thing, but separating hawks and falcons? Here’s a prediction: Parrots , falcons , and seriemas are on their way to new positions in your checklists and, eventually, field guides.

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Parrots Falcons Costa Rica South America 219

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2024

Which means that the large country of Mexico boasts (according to one list) 127 endemic bird species, while the famous birders’ destination of Costa Rica has only 6. And indeed they had; we saw 7 wild duck species, where usually there are none. It doesn’t seem fair at all.

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Costa Rica Mexico North America Lions 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2020

My former nemesis was the Masked Duck. As much as I looked for it in the right places, the pirate duck stayed elusive. These were some of those final steps to my lifer Masked Duck: A Distant Site. The most reliable spot for Masked Duck in Costa Rica is the site known as “ Las Pangas ” in the Coto wetlands.

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