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Pat’s 2020 Bird List, Mostly from Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Most of all, the time and effort is worth it when we see new birds, surpass our goals, and when we share those trying, challenging, exuberant and triumphant times with others because the birding party is always better, always stronger, when you you can enjoy the experience with like-minded souls. Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana; Curu, 4-Jan.

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I and the Bird #146

10,000 Birds

We see countries as more than just locales for landmarks and landmarks as more than just souvenirs of bygone cultures (have you ever birded Tikal in Guatemala? Perhaps you’ve had the same experience. Birding opened up Central America for me in a way that nothing else did.