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. The raising of the bins took place along roads through semi-shaded coffee farms and on the grounds of Villa San Ignacio , a hotel with big old wonderful trees and regenerating forest.

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Costa Rica Birds Parrots Sparrows 203

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

For example, we might just enjoy the calls and antics of those White-throated Sparrows while searching for a Harris’s. Those who only raise binoculars within their own backyards might also decide one day to venture further afield to look for the ones in the field guides that aren’t making it into their limited sphere of birding.

Costa Rica 214

Costa Rica Species San Jose Birds 214

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2016

For those who happen to be faithful followers of posts about birding in Costa Rica, no, you haven’t accidentally browsed to the wrong place. It might not be Costa Rica, but it is one of the most important, birdiest events on the planet, and checking it out was a dream come true. And yes, the need is desperate.

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Costa Rica Eagles Birds 189

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Even more than warbler, shorebird, and sparrow identification, this is a field that tests our endurance (gull watching is too often done in bitter cold, windy conditions), patience (even getting one good photo can take hours as you try to separate the ‘interesting gull’ from the flock), observational skills (so many plumages!)

North America 214

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 214

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks.

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 235

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

This of course raises questions of what happens when all of the inland nesting grounds of all the loons becomes covered with glacial ice during ice ages, then later, the ice melts and the lakes return. We’ll give Duncan a pass on this one… A sparrow? Yes, Dragan chose a sparrow. Another sparrow? Sedge Wren !

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2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 190