10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I live in the Central Valley, the most populated part of Costa Rica. Ranging across a large swath of the northern evergreen zone, they spend their summers hunting small birds from Canada to Scandinavia and on east to the shores of the Bering Sea.

Costa Rica 187

Costa Rica Falcons Farming Baltimore 187

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

American Black Vulture ( thanks Redgannet for letting me use your photo) I must admit that I too completely underestimated them when I first say the American Black Vulture in Costa Rica. Bizarre looking with that funny grayish head and they strange gait when running on the beach. But I guess you suspected that.

Sea Turtles 206

Sea Turtles Turtles Hunting Costa Rica 206

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2017

In “Summer of the Sparrow,” actress and ABA board member Lili Taylor relates a dramatic tale of murderous passion directed towards a House Sparrow who has killed the Bluebird babies in her nest boxes. Another surprise is the two pieces on hunting, an interesting change from the essays on bird feeding in volume one.

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2017 Costa Rica 2007 Hunters 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

As climates are transformed, habitats plundered, and nonnative fauna carried to virgin hunting grounds, extinction rates are increasing. The Mysterious Starling – “Killed Hopping About in a Tree”. Which Bird Species Have Gone Extinct in Costa Rica? Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species. Comebackers.

Marsupials 168

Marsupials Costa Rica Elephants Cuba 168

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Since that trip, I’ve seen Rose-throated Becard in Costa Rica, but not with the rosy throat. And, seeing a bird in Costa Rica is not the same as seeing it in the U.S. I never saw the bird. Well, maybe a bit of a wing. Hence my birding travel (and blogging) has been curtail (but life much enriched!)

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167