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Check out Birding Experiences in Costa Rica

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Birding Experiences is a Costa Rican company owned and run by enthusiastic birdwatchers from Costa Rica. The name of our company reflects our goals and modus operandi because we know that the best birding trips are well-rounded birding experiences. Volunteer reviewer for eBird in Costa Rica.

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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Howell and Dale Dyer and Birds of Costa Rica by Dale Dyer and Steve N. An associated issue is that the Belize and Costa Rica guides share many of the same descriptions of species, written by Howell. Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico.

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The Top 25 Target Birds to Look for in Costa Rica

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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. In no particular order, these are my top 25 picks for target birds of Costa Rica. Why 25 and not ten?

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Pat’s 2020 Bird List, Mostly from Costa Rica

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Most of all, the time and effort is worth it when we see new birds, surpass our goals, and when we share those trying, challenging, exuberant and triumphant times with others because the birding party is always better, always stronger, when you you can enjoy the experience with like-minded souls.

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Birding in Honduras, Part I: Highlands

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In this first installment, I will focus on my impressions and experiences in the highlands portion of our tour. One of these islands may have been the present day Northern Central American Highlands which includes Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and parts of extreme southern Mexico (Chiapas). This is a fascinating area of transition.

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Mexican Warblers

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The Golden-browed Warbler is described as a skulker in Steve Howell and Sophie Webb’s ‘A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America’ In my limited experience, it is a bird that enjoys the high life and likes to party with the Red Warbler in the mountain forests.

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For the Love of Ants

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A bite from an army ant can really pack a punch; I speak from experience. We also had a great ant swarm in Tikal in Guatemala where in one binocular view we saw Ruddy Woodcreeper , Tawny-winged Woodcreeper , and Northern-barred Woodcreeper. Ruddy Woodcreeper.

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