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Millions of Red-eyed Vireos, Eastern Kingbirds, Chimney Swifts in Costa Rica- All Heading North

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Many Red-eyed Vireos have seen Harpy Eagles , have kept still upon hearing the haunting calls of forest-falcons. I’m sure quite a number just keep on going through the tropical night sky, find their way to woods in Nicaragua or further north but a good number do indeed stop in Costa Rica, go birding there now and you will see them.

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

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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). All plumage variations are clearly labelled. © 2003 text H.

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Aplomado Twitch in Costa Rica

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Although the Aplomado Falcon is on the list, it’s not resident and there are few records, most of which seem to pertain to juveniles that wander into the country at this time of year. Happy birders looking at an Aplomado Falcon. Good habitat for a wandering Aplomado Falcon and locally endangered Sedge Wrens.

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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. I wish the flight images for the hawks, falcons, parakeets, and parrots were larger. It’s unique in two major ways. Skutch (Cornell Univ.

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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. The real cheese comes in the form of Pinnated and Least Bitterns , Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture , Nicaraguan Grackles , Nicaraguan Seed-Finch , and chances at everything from Jabiru to Aplomado Falcon. Ruddy-breasted Seedeaters are also common at Medio Queso.