10,000 Birds
MAY 14, 2022
Better magnification is always preferred but there’s no need to investigate tiny toe palmations or miniscule feathered details on these magnificant mud probers. These are the usual shorebird royalty that winter in Costa Rica but there’s another prince of mud flats that pays a visit, every once in a while.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2021
In Costa Rica, they can take the form of everything from toucans (think crows with giant shark inspired beaks) to herons and monkeys. Cope had been inside making us some coffee (nothing like watching birds and drinking coffee in Costa Rica). The rails did indeed come to investigate but came up empty-beaked.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2020
In Costa Rica, our July birding news usually consists of interesting sightings during the mid-summer tours. No tours means much less birding, especially on my part and with further restrictions to movement having been recently declared in Costa Rica, birding outside of the neighborhood has come to a full stop.
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2016
In the recent supplement, differences in song, DNA, and physical appearance played a role in several splits, including five that affect Costa Rica. Since the official Costa Rica list tracks decisions made by the AOU, we need to make some changes and count the armchair ticks! Say hello to the Lesson’s Motmot.
10,000 Birds
MAY 28, 2016
Witnessing the Champions of the Flyway race, seeing social media coverage of the World Series of Birding, participating in the Global Big Day, and doing my own on April 24th has got me thinking about strategies for better Big Days in Costa Rica. They got all three potoo species in Costa Rica. Targets or habitat?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 30, 2018
She puts the sugar in the basket…I mean feeder… When a hummingbird checks you out up close or makes chipping noises on a nearby perch, it’s not wishing you well.
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