10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2021

“Gamebirds” to some, cool, cryptic understory birds to the birding people, grouse crouch protected as unfettered winds sway the top of the tall prairie grass. Fast forwarding to Costa Rica, to be honest, you won’t find any grouse around here. Grouse are the chickens we would love to lay eyes on.

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Costa Rica Chickens Pennsylvania Litter 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Even if we couldn’t find time to raise the bins at a favorite patch, it only takes momentary glances into the sky and hearing chip notes from the trees to remind us that birds are on the move. Although this elegant raptor is regular in many parts of Costa Rica, it doesn’t usually visit the Central Valley.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Thanks to fortunate foresight, a lot of land was set aside in Costa Rica as national parks and protected areas (and some of these are easily accessed) but the best forest still happens to be at the terminus of the road and en route, you will be treated to species deficit birding in plenty of pastures.

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Costa Rica San Jose Sharks Monkeys 249

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? Which leaves me with quite a few choices – practically the entire tropical belt, right? Costa Rica (857 / 903). And where all those birds are? Map by BirdLife International. India (1180 / 1171). Sri Lanka (375 / 436).

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Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

When Costa Rica becomes a topic of conversation, we don’t usually hear the word “extinction” being thrown around. Must be a joke, right? But how about when the Costa Rica conversation involves a birder? It’s easy to bedazzle the bins with this one when birding in Costa Rica.

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Costa Rica Species Panama Birds 223

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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