10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2023
Missing was Great Black-Hawk , missing on account of not spending enough time looking in the right places and the species having undergone serious decline in Costa Rica over the past 20 years. I looked in some of the right places but failed to connect. I also failed to see a Pearl Kite , maybe one of my biggest misses of the year.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 24, 2022
One such event is the bird count at Arenal, a day typically replete with varying degrees of rain. This is a mini event replete with coffee, pastries, and a few vendors selling super cool bird art, shirts, earrings, and posters. These were some of the highlights. The Count Meeting. 16 Hummingbird Species.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2021
They were successful last year at raising one of the chicks, which is a rare event in Broome. It is only early in the breeding season here right now, but we always hope for the best with all of our breeding attempts along our coastline. For these two pairs of Pied Oystercatchers the incubating always is the easy part of breeding.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Not a bad video of a young White-crowned Sparrow , right? There’s a reason that camera operators for sporting events make decent money! The sparrow was remarkably cooperative and that is an important aspect of getting decent video. I am very appreciative of birds that sit still now.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
The muted colors of Blackburnians, Black-throated Greens, and Blackpolls fit right in with the dull greens and golden highlights of the early fall vegetation. It’s a protracted event, one that begins with waders, Willow Flycatchers , and other first birds on the move to the south. Birds Can Fly Right Over Costa Rica.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2022
They have arrived in large numbers this time, but as with all of these bird species that arrive during flood events we don’t know where they came from. This goanna below is quietly hanging out beside the highway and in the background on the right you can observe a rather vocal Red-backed Fairywren. Goanna in a tree.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 4, 2020
I can attempt to describe the exhilarating chain of events which unfolds each time a tropicbird or booby runs the gauntlet of marauding frigatebirds – but you can see it for yourself in this clip aired by the BBC for the series Life. A Red-billed Tropicbird glides over the pounding surf off Little Tobago.
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