10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2019
This is also why so many of the birding tribe travel to watch birds, a good number of which eventually make it to Costa Rica. Like Resplendent Quetzals … A good number of birders who make it to Costa Rica visit a small, roadside diner located in the middle elevations of the Caribbean slope. I hope to see you there.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
The “Owls and Albatrosses” chapter, for example, begins with Doug’s personal experiences observing of the nesting strategies of Malleefowl and a Moluccan Megapode, Australasian “chickens who lay their eggs in unusual ways and do not parent. And then we go back to the evolution of clutch size.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2019
Like crows and jays, they are social, vocal, intelligent, and omnivorous (including eating eggs and nestlings). 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. One of the best areas for this species in Costa Rica seems to be the Arenal region.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2015
That was the first thing we–our New Jersey Audubon group of 11 birders, led by Scott Barnes–noted as we exited the airport. If you’ve birded the Neoptropics, then you’re familiar with the haunting sound of Great Tinamou, and may have even seen the bird, as I did in Costa Rica, walking through thick rain forest foliage.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2011
Blue-footed Boobies dance, whistle, court with their blue bills, cradle eggs with their blue feet, and cherish their young; they are endlessly fun and inspiring to observe. On Seymour Island, my group witnessed a very human-like interaction amongst three boobies , one female and two males.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2012
Press in 2009), active participation in the Dragonfly Society of the Americas and leading dragonfly trips to Costa Rica and, hopefully this summer, Panama. I know from experience how accessible Dennis is, last year he helped me identify a damselfly I photographed in Costa Rica (Argia anceps, no common name).
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2019
I hesitated because a 496-page book about two skulky neotropical bird groups is a little intimidating. Patrick has had his share of sightings in Costa Rica as well. There are photos of parent birds on the nest, baby birds in the nest, and the nest without parent, holding a clutch of blue eggs. Organization.
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