10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2022
Also, there was a Black Kite awaiting us, as well as one Red-footed Falcon sitting on a dead oak branch. During WWII, the forest was used as a base of the local Partisan squad (the communist resistance), hiding in subterranean shelters. Some of those shelters are still around. Photo by Surcin Municipality.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2018
Lacking the benefit of heated shelters, birds must heed that warning or perish. Laughing Falcon. Bat Falcon. Dressed to kill, the deadly Bat Falcon eats more than bats. Even so, warm, friendly weather can’t stop a birder from choosing Costa Rica’s best birds of Halloween. These are the winners: BEST COSTUMES.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 21, 2019
Those were some interesting additions to a day of birding that also gave us more expected ones like Bat Falcon, Black-collared Hawk, Bare-crowned Antbird , and 125 other species. It would be to persevere and keep watching albeit maybe from a sheltered spot with a good view of the forest, a great cup of coffee, and the best of company.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2012
Even the narrow shade under a gate is a great place to seek shelter from the sun on a hot day. Brown Songlark The next bird we came across taking advantage of the fence was a Brown Falcon and it had been sitting on a termite mound as we approached and moved to the fence.
10,000 Birds
MAY 28, 2017
There were a few rubbish bins and a shelter with a picnic table and benches. Returning to the rest area we were soon set up under the shelter with the storm all around us, but mostly raining in the distance and the occasional flurry of wind. The landscape was quite spectacular with the approaching storm as we attempted to outrun it!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 28, 2017
In doing so, they have provided food and shelter for thousands of migrant birds along with habitat for hundreds of resident birds and other players in the local Talamanca rainforest ecosystem. Lucky for us, our recent sojourn to Bananito coincided with a major push of migrants. The picture might not be so great but the bird is.
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