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New Place in Costa Rica, New Yard List

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Back in the old place, there were more birds in the nearby coffee farm but it wasn’t easy to bird because I couldn’t see it from my door and there were stray dogs. Looking a lot like a Carolina , this one tends to be harder to see if just as loquacious, and is common in coffee farms and other low, brushy habitats.

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What Flies Over Costa Rica in the Night?

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On the northern birding calendar, October is a time for sparrows, cool weather, and tired fall leaves. It’s when Orange-crowned Warblers share the Goldenrod with lisping and chirping sparrows, when hardy Yellow-rumped Warblers dominate the Parulid scene. In Costa Rica, the tenth month is when birds pass through in droves.

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What makes a Great Patch?

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Mason Farm is one of the best places for birding in the region, and arguably in the state. All four seasons had something to enjoy, from impressive neotropical migration shows in the fall and spring, to scrub filled with sparrows in the winter, to nesting Prothonotary Warblers and Yellow-breasted Chats in the summer.

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Best Bird of the Year for 2015

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Okay, I accept this is somewhat unconventional, but I can’t get away from the fact that the Painted Wolf , or African Wild Dog , comes up every time I try and think about this. We’ll give Duncan a pass on this one… A sparrow? Yes, Dragan chose a sparrow. Yes, Dragan chose a sparrow. Another sparrow?

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. The first to do so was the humble House Sparrow, which was brought to help control caterpillars but soon reached such numbers it was the subject of control itself.

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Sea Snakes of Northern Australia

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Olive Sea Snake that has had a dog visit it on the beach Olive Sea Snake with obvious bulge Stoke’s Sea Snake Stoke’s Sea Snake with wounds Dubois’ Sea Snake Dubois’ Sea Snake being returned to the sea! And that was one lucky dog, ey? I hope you enjoy these photos! Jochen Mar 15th, 2011 at 5:25 am @Clare.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). –Campus Farms and River 740-815 msnm. Uzdin fish farm (Private access, must have permission to enter). Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix nigriceps. San Joaquin coffee. 12 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

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