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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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Yet they also bring up questions, which I’m going to talk about right now before diving into the specifics of the guides themselves. I think we do have the right to expect that artwork and species descriptions when repeated are current, reflect recent studies and taxonomic thought. © 2023 by Steve N.

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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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. Text is on the left, plates are on the right. I wish the flight images for the hawks, falcons, parakeets, and parrots were larger.

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Easy, Bonus Birding at Cano Negro, Costa Rica

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Nicaraguan Grackle only lives in marshes around Lake Nicaragua. Ironically, thanks to the non-sustainable, land poisoning agriculture seen en route, there is a straight, fast, good road that zooms right on up to Los Chiles, the closest town to Cano Negro. Ruddy-breasted Seedeaters are also common at Medio Queso.