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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. Based on population estimates and migration routes, yes, millions, and for some species, many millions! The same goes for Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, and other places along their migration routes.

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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. An associated issue is that the Belize and Costa Rica guides share many of the same descriptions of species, written by Howell. Other species are splits and lumped and have had their names changed.

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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. 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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Easy, Bonus Birding at Cano Negro, Costa Rica

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However, there are a few stand out sites here and there that are significantly better for species like Jabiru, Lance-tailed Manakin, and Nicaraguan Grackle to name a few. Nicaraguan Grackle only lives in marshes around Lake Nicaragua. Not to mention, we knew that good bonus birds were awaiting at Los Chiles and Cano Negro anyways.

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Aplomado Twitch in Costa Rica

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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. Happy birders looking at an Aplomado Falcon. In Costa Rica, we don’t get many chances to chase birds.