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Wrap-Up of 2012 Big Year Birding

10,000 Birds

Not only that, but they raised money for the Houston Audubon Society and the Katy Prairie Conservancy. Pat O’Donnell was hoping for 600 species in Costa Rica in 2012 and he was at 539 in June and easily cleared 600 but I am not sure what his final total was. Pat, let us know in the comments, alright?

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Birds Worth The Trip

10,000 Birds

One was to piggyback on Patrick O’Donnell’s interesting article about winter warblers in Costa Rica, since his list is quite different from my list for central Mexico. (I Best of all, you can fly here direct from Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.