10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

As far as countries go, Costa Rica is at the smaller end of the spectrum. We might have limited space but we make up for it with a massive amount of biodiversity including well over 900 bird species on the official Costa Rica bird list. I wonder what else is waiting to be found in heavily birded Costa Rica?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2022

Having lived in Costa Rica for several years, I recall those glorious August days in the 80s and can say that yes, it is rather like August, all year long. Differences exist but August in Niagara is much closer to Costa Rica than a Niagara November. Go birding in Costa Rica in August and you will find shorebirds.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2021

A male Turquoise Cotinga from southern Costa Rica. Many Red-eyed Vireos have seen Harpy Eagles , have kept still upon hearing the haunting calls of forest-falcons. As they make their incredible, biannual winged trek, they also pass through Costa Rica. Literally in the millions. For birds, there are no borders.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

Although it’s feasible and fairly easy to see Great Tinamou at some sites in Costa Rica, in most other places, the time investment needed to see one usually relegates it to the “heard only” category. This is what a Black Hawk-Eagle shape looks like. Looking for Bare-necked Umbrellabird ? Why 25 and not ten?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

Last weekend, I guided a trip to Laguna del Lagarto for the Birding Club of Costa Rica. The “who knows what else” comes from this site being situated among good-sized tracts of lowland forest connected to the big forest block in Nicaragua. In fact, a friend of mine saw a Harpy Eagle at Laguna in 1998.

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