10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

” Although some doves get as much respect as the late Rodney Dangerfield, we shouldn’t let commonality cloud our view of this big, beautiful family. Bird as much as you want from Mexico to Bolivia, and you could easily never see or hear one for years. Trips Costa Rica doves' “No respect!”

Costa Rica 176

Costa Rica Bolivia South America Rats 176

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2017

As birders, we tend to spend more time in wetlands than most of our peers, neighbors, and family members. Although the few big wetland sites in Costa Rica require a bit of a trek, sun screen, and boat rides, the wetland birding is just as rewarding and acts as a welcome break from the quiet challenge of rainforest birding.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica Birds Ducks Pelicans 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Think Arizona meets Costa Rica with a Mexican twist. In the mean time, a family group of Black-throated Magpie-Jays were frolicking in the breeze high over the dry valley, showing off their exorbitantly long tail streamers. Mexico is great for those who love biogeography!

Mexico 191

Mexico Costa Rica Arizona Birds 191

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

Raptors of Mexico and Central America by William S. This is the first identification guide that I know of that covers Mexico (technically North America but rarely included in North American raptor guides) and Central America. Interestingly, Raptors of Mexico and Central America does not cover vocalization. Wheeler and William S.

Mexico 162

Mexico America North America Falcons 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2017

A member of the small Ptiliogonatidae family of silky-flycatchers, of which there are only three other species besides our local Phainopepla , Phainopepl nitens. The Black-and-white Phainoptila , Phainoptila melanoxantha from Costa Rica and Panama.

Costa Rica 105

Costa Rica Panama Nevada Guatemala 105

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

So, if you are going to write a field guide on the birds of the countries south and east of Mexico–Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—it makes the utmost sense that you embrace the whole geographic area. It has been a long time between field guides for most of these countries.

El Salvador 232

El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 232

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

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). We also observed the beautifully patterned Prevost’s Ground-Sparrow , a sparrow very different from the ones that go by the same name in Costa Rica.

Honduras 213

Honduras Costa Rica El Salvador Arizona 213

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Its native range stretches from the southern Pacific coast of Mexico south to northwestern Costa Rica, where it is an inhabitant of arid to semihumid woodland and open areas with scattered trees. The young followed the parents around in small family groups well after they had fledged.

Miami 174

Miami Costa Rica Florida 2005 174

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2011

Sometimes called “Poor-me-ones&# on account of their haunting calls, these bizarre denizens of the night come in 7 different flavors from the family Nyctibiidae within the order Caprimulgiformes. A Northern Potoo by Nick Athanas Northern Potoos are found from Mexico to Costa Rica and on the islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola.

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Costa Rica Jamaica Eggs Cooking 239

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

This video by Kathi Borgmann shows an army ant swarm in Mexico. Sixteen species within the antbird family (Thamnophidae) are considered true obligate army ant followers. One of our best was in the lowlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Instead, their bivouac, as it is called, which holds the queen, moves around in search of prey.

San Diego 186

San Diego South America Costa Rica America 186

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

It actually makes a lot of sense, the geographic features of the isthmus between North America (including Mexico, because Mexico is part of North America) and South America cut across political lines, as do birds. Press, 1989); A Guide to the Birds to the Birds of Panama, with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras, 2nd ed. ,

America 213

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 213

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. I hope by this time you have settled on a bird family for your avian obsession. (I

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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2021

But most of our forest has a combination of both pines and oaks, with dozens of species from each family growing in the state of Michoacán. The avocado is, after all, one of many food plants that originated in central Mexico. The state is, after all, Mexico’s fourth-poorest state. But, what if they did?

Costa Rica 149

Costa Rica Birds Mexico illegal 149

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The range maps are from Howell and Dunn’s Gulls of the Americas and cover all of North America, including Mexico and Central America. But, I think the birding world is big enough to accommodate more than one way to identify the members of this infamous family. Range Maps.

North America 199

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 199

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

Our two newest contributors have shared from Mexico and China, bringing the countries birded this month (also including; Costa Rica, Greece, Serbia, USA, UK, India, UAE and New Zealand) to 10. All the lists that I have so far have been included and my family are gathered at the door, eager to see me off.

2019 119

2019 Jamaica Eggs Woodpeckers 119

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

For a bird that is only hours from starving to death at any given time, it is no small feat to traverse the 500 miles across the Gulf of Mexico! Found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua, this tiny hummingbird is placed within its own genus microchera. hummers on earth. Coming in at no.

Colombia 279

Colombia Ecuador Bolivia Peru 279