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Things I Learned While Birding at Laguna del Lagarto, Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

The “who knows what else” comes from this site being situated among good-sized tracts of lowland forest connected to the big forest block in Nicaragua. Since that block still hosts Harpy Eagle and every other possible species, it’s not out of the question for those rare birds to also show at Laguna and vicinity.

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The Top 25 Target Birds to Look for in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

A birder needs access to large areas of mature forest that also offer up chances at seeing glittering flocks of tanagers, checking out the tail bobbing behavior of cool antbirds, and glassing a hawk-eagle or two. This is what a Black Hawk-Eagle shape looks like. Rufous-winged Woodpecker. Yellow-naped Parrot. Black Guan.