10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2020
The late nights with the mosquito crowd are worth it when the owls finally reveal their lethal soft selfs by sound. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; Lakeside Catfish farms, 11-Jan. Muscovy Duck – Crypturellus cinnamomeus; La Garita, 8-Jan. Black-bellied Plover – Pluvialis squatarola; Punta Morales, 10-Jan.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2020
Oh yeah, and the serious mega of the day was a dang adult Gray-hooded Gull seen at the shorebird hotspot of Punta Morales! A very rare vagrant to Costa Rica from the Humboldt Current, this beautiful gull has been seen in the Osa, on Cocos Island and at Punta Morales on other occasions, including GBD 2019.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2013
Earrings are toast with my Wood Duck and Wild Turkeys. Moral: they’re everywhere. “I I had an evil-tempered Great Horned Owl - is there any other kind? Another Great Horned Owl snagged his talon under the wedding band of Vonda Lee Morton’s vet. People who work with wildlife wearing nice clothes? Oh my, where do I start?”
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 1, 2020
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Maned Duck – Chenonetta jubata. Pacific Black Duck – Anas superciliosa. Hawaiian Duck – Anas wyvilliana. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 1, 2017
The monthly rosette was on its way to Corey for his Great Gray Owl , until it was pointed out that Donna had pinched that coveted tick during February (See, Corey…? Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2022
The Lesser Coucals sometimes try to argue with Chestnut-winged Cuckoos about the morality of having other species raise their chicks (The Lesser Coucal Species Committee also likes to point out that the species neither invaded Ukraine nor ever voted for Donald Trump – they can be a bit boring in insisting on always being on the good side).
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2019
Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. Pacific Black Duck – Anas superciliosa. Pink-eared Duck – Malacorhynchus membranaceus. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. Pacific Black Duck – Anas superciliosa. Pink-eared Duck – Malacorhynchus membranaceus.
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