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The Cutest Birds in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Bird species with big eyes and small bills tend to be labelled like so because those anthropomorphic features can trigger an emotional response but so what? Bird species with big eyes and small bills tend to be labelled like so because those anthropomorphic features can trigger an emotional response but so what?

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Happy Global Big Day from Costa Rica!

10,000 Birds

This Yellow Warbler was looking fresh before it left Costa Rica. Go to political rallies to get your emotions manipulated by potent, practiced con-artists? I can also wait because the results of that birdathon were 260 species, and some fine, new, year birds like Upland Sandpiper, Common Potoo, and Purplish-backed Quail-Dove.