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Costa Rica’s Signature Parakeet

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You’ll probably hear them first, like so many others of their family, they aren’t shy about making some noise. Arrive at the airport near San Jose in the day and you could easily see them fly overhead. In a nutshell, that’s a lot of Costa Rica, that’s a lot of Crimson-fronted Parakeets.

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How to See 300 Bird Species in 3 Days

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Those of us who chase rare birds for our counties, states, or other human-made geographical distinctions watch birds for more reasons than the twitch. This is how we saw 300 plus species in three days on day trips out of the San Jose area and it’s only one of several options: High and middle elevations.

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Birding Morelia

10,000 Birds

One of the advantages of Morelia as a birding/tourist destination is that we receive direct flights from Houston on United, Dallas/Fort Worth on American, and Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose (California), and Chicago/Midway on the Mexican carrier Volaris. And go ahead, bring the family. Come bird Morelia.

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