10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The first is that the illustrations by Dale Dyer are based, and largely seem to be the same, as the illustrations for his previous guide Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama (co-authored with Andrew Vallely, PUP, 2018). Why are these issues? © 2023 by Steve N. Not every bird.

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 206

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

He is also a serious birder (and a birding friend), and his birding observations and adventures are used throughout the book to introduce evolutionary questions and illustrate the mental interplay between personal experience and scientific curiosity. The book is smartly organized into 12 chapters. that’s three birds). ” (p.

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Science Albatross Research Birds 207

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2017

The third weekend in April, when we birders in the northeastern United States start to go stir crazy, convinced that the wood-warblers should all be back by now and lamenting the species that we have not yet seen. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2020

I savor the timeless experience of scanning these tropical waves for storm-petrels and lost jaegers. With around 400 species recorded for the area, yeah, it’s where we might all like to quarantine for a bit! Want to see a high quality video showing 53 species only be found in Costa Rica and adjacent western Panama?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2011

Above is a photo that I got with my Wingscapes BirdCam when I visited Canopy Lodge in Panama last year. They are species that breed in the US and then spend the winter in Central and South America, eating what’s avialable–especially fruit. Grape jelly for orioles was an experiment too. Is it a convenience issue?

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Nigeria Birds Belize South America 244

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2018

Northern Emerald Toucanets in Costa Rica are sometimes considered a separate species known as the Blue-throated Toucanet. Yellow-thighed Finch , one of several common species in the forests of Coronado. . Prong-billed Barbets are cool weather birds restricted to Costa Rica and western Panama. I love these things!

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Costa Rica San Jose Birds Eagles 130

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

In most countries, long, sweaty, expedition birding is required to see the only curassow species in Middle America. This avian celebrity is the Black Guan , an endemic that only haunts the highland forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. Come on down and see if you can experience a neotropical turkey-trogon-cotinga fest!

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Costa Rica Turkey Ecuador Hunting 166

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2020

The prospect of identifying a certain number of species in a given amount of time pushes us to pay more attention to birds no matter what the circumstances (although I suggest keeping the exclamations about species identifications to yourself during such solemn situations as funerals, graduations, and watching episodes of The Sopranos).

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Costa Rica 2020 Morals Farming 257

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2017

Knowing that I wouldn’t yell for him to come quick if we were seeing regular species like the endangered Great Green Macaw , toucans, or even a Bare-crowned Antbird , Robert wasted no time in racing down the stairs. The high mountains of Costa Rica and Panama are the realm of this royal bird. eBird helps with this.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It’s fascinating stuff. Most of the chapters in The Bird Way focus on one or two scientists who has done extensive research on ‘outlier behavior.’ Yet, the research projects are never the whole story.

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Research Birds Science Costa Rica 215

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The combination of volcanic and seismic topography is pleasing to the eye but it adds a fair bit of travel time to the birding commute, and I guess that’s pretty much the thing that has kept me from doing much birding around the Costa Rica/Panama border region of San Vito. My view from the Casa Botania.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

With enough planning, you can enjoy a family-friendly, bird-rich vacation in the Panama Canal zone. Any dedicated birder visiting Panama City should first consider the Canopy Tower , one of the most important and beloved birding lodges in the Americas. Yes, that’s Panama City to the right. TRANSPORTATION.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Finally, the Similan Islands are perhaps one of the most beautiful islands in the world and form a stunning backdrop to this species, one of the loveliest pigeons in the world. The experience, the place, and the bird combine to make this my BBOTY. Carlos’s BBOTY – the Nicobar Pigeon. I also blogged about that dreamy day.

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 184

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Veraguan Mango – Panama’s ex-endemic Veraguan Mango – Panama’s ex-endemic By James • March 1, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share Endemism is special. So where does this leave Panama?

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Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 201

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rican, and Panama , just published in October, is a field guide that was ten years in the making. Covering 1,261 species with data and taxonomy current up to August 2017, the field guide is an exciting achievement. SPECIES ACCOUNTS.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 212

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Having never been to Brazil I can’t possibly speak as an expert in terms of what birds are covered or how well species that I have never seen are depicted. The species accounts are written by Robert Ridgely, one of the premiere neotropical ornithologists, and a veteran at writing excellent field guides. Talk about a win-win!

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Birds 197

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MARCH 15, 2011

The countryside too is full of signature European species like European Bee-eaters, European Rollers and Great-spotted Cuckoos … Within a shortish drive of the lodge is an unusual birding spot called Pulo do Lobo or The wolf’s Leap. This is worthwhile to pick up some rocky terrain species and the scenery is stunning.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

On the grounds, Punta Cana has preserved a 1,500 acre Ecological Park that is an excellent place to view the local endemic bird species and enjoy nature. This project has ensured that this critically endangered bird is being brought back from the brink of extinction.

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Dominican Republic 2011 Birds Deer 181

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2019

8%: Brazil, Panama. Although it has a few more birds than Costa Rica (including reliable Harpy Eagles ) and some great lodges, in ecotourism terms, Panama seem to be Costa Rica’s “little brother” (there’s a hidden message to its tourism board). 4%: Mexico, West Papua (Indonesia), New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya. 17%: Ecuador, Peru.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The book offers numerous facts about many species, findings of hundreds of research projects, notes on trends and exceptions from the norm, but little that captures the poetry of winter bird behavior or ignites a passion for change.

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Research Birds Hoarding Sweden 166

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

While the jays did catch our attention by way of a smart crest and different shades of blue and gray punctuated by a black necklace and mascara, they were part of our common natural experience, their existence was taken for granted. These are the six species that occur in Costa Rica: Yellow-throated Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii).

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Costa Rica Panama Eating Eggs South America 169

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The idea is that some finches from what is now Ecuador ended up on the Galapagos Islands, and subsequently diversified into a number of different forms … they speciated … filling various niches that on the mainland would have been filled by a number of different species. They did it before the Panama Land Bridge formed.

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Tortoises South America Panama Culling 194

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2011

Last night I saw my second plover species of the year, a Common Ringed Plover. Smith is the Staff Scientist Emeritus with the Smithsonian’s Tropical Research Centre in Panama. The first I saw was its doppelganger, the Semipalmated Plover. Somewhere in the middle, there was supposedly a small zone of hybridization. Dr. Neal G.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2017

While we could chase a number of local, rare residents, looking for super tough species like Pheasant Cuckoo and Tawny-faced Quail is more akin to searching and lurking in appropriate habitat and just hoping to get lucky. In Costa Rica, we don’t get many chances to chase birds. It was big, built for speed, and on the move.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Press in 2009), active participation in the Dragonfly Society of the Americas and leading dragonfly trips to Costa Rica and, hopefully this summer, Panama. I know from experience how accessible Dennis is, last year he helped me identify a damselfly I photographed in Costa Rica (Argia anceps, no common name). Yes, 675 photographs.

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United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 227

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide covers 113 damselfly species and 170 dragonfly species, a total of 283 species. Wait–that adds up to 290 species, but the book only covers 283. .* Wait–that adds up to 290 species, but the book only covers 283. Paulson, William A.

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Costa Rica North America Family America 257

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2016

Another year is about to come to an end and for us birders who can’t help but keep a year list, it means that there are precious few days to add a few more species. Now for my top ten species identified by moi over the course of 2016 and not in any real order: 1 Jabiru. I saw two foraging in a rice field near Playa Panama.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2018

In addition to Spanish, several other languages continue to be spoken, the pines and cypress trees of the Guatemalan highlands only occur as introduced species once you travel south of Nicaragua, and dozens of bird species that occur in Costa Rica and Panama don’t even make it to Nicaragua.

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Costa Rica Guatemala Birds Nicaragua 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

It was a heart-pounding scene straight out of Jurassic Park, an odd experience for a laid-back pursuit like birding. This bird represented only the second documented record of this species in Florida. This may sound mundane, but my Best Bird of the Year is a species we all know quite well in one form or another.

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2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 144

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2020

Will the threatened species make it through if there are no birding tourists to make those birds and their habitats valuable to local people just the way they are (as opposed to tropical timber)? What will be left of birding tourism? I was trying to find that answer for a while and it turned into a very annoying experience.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

The title is a bit deceptive, for while photographs are a huge part of the book, it is grounded in the 239 species accounts written by woodpecker guru Gerard Gorman. This background material is a good, succinct framework within which to read the Species Accounts, particularly for birders new to woodpecker study.

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 237