Costa Rica Family Protection Sparrows 
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2019
Costa Rica is well known for national parks and other protected areas than offer access to tropical ecosystems dripping with biodiversity. Our birding was particularly productive for the Central Valley but still gives an idea of what can be found in and near urban areas of Costa Rica. Have flowers in Costa Rica?
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2019
If a list also shows the status for each species, birders on their way to Costa Rica would realize that they shouldn’t really expect vireos with white eyes nor blue heads (but would hopefully know that they should very much report those species on eBird so local birders can chase them!). Spot-bellied Bobwhite bites the dust.
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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. In no particular order, these are my top 25 picks for target birds of Costa Rica. Why 25 and not ten?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
When looking for birds in Costa Rica, the Central Valley isn’t the first place that comes to mind. In the erstwhile sanctuary, common species like Red-billed Pigeon , Blue-black Grassquit , and Rufous-collared Sparrow abound. I worry because no protection is given to such supposed “trash” habitats.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2022
The kid would be thankful they had been found, and then they would head back home as one happy family. Warbler chips and sparrow seeps, Bobolink notes and faint yellowleg whistles. Right now, based on recent birding, a heck of a lot of them are in Costa Rica. It’s fall migration and I got birds to listen to.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 6, 2011
On Sunday at Kissena Park I saw five species of sparrows. A mixed species flock of sparrows (american tree, field and chipping) was by the bike track parking lot. Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows. I see why people sometimes call them gray ghosts. The proposal from U.S.
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. In June of last year, CNN ran an article on Costa Rica’s success at reversing deforestation. S triped-headed Sparrows. Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrows.
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