10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2015

6), which raises awareness of the perils threatening shorebirds and the need to protect them and their habitats. Interestingly, citizen science isn’t its primary goal. Such as Chomes, Costa Rica, photographed above by Patrick O’Donnell). It’s part of World Shorebirds Day (celebrated annually Sep.

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Costa Rica Science Raised Research 172

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” They ranged across 10 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, India, Australia, China, Brazil, Mexico, Serbia and Uganda). Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Something needed to be done. 16 Nov 2019.

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2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 137

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. Patrick got a very good bird for Costa Rica as his Best Bird of the Year…though the circumstances made it bittersweet.

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2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 180