10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

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. The images on the right, from the Peru field guide, are more intense in color.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Now we were in Finca Tres Equis, a family cocoa farm (if I understood well, it translates as Triple X Farm) and a private reserve of over 300 hectares, of which more than 70 percent is a forest, representing part of a Jaguar corridor. At least one Boat-billed Heron awaited us in the thickets. A group (maybe 4-5 ex.)

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Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 248

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OCTOBER 3, 2015

To be honest, quetzals aren’t seen that often right at Myriam’s but they are seen just down the road. Quetzal is THE beloved, sacred bird of Guatemala and they do live there (and in southern Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) BUT are more accessible in Costa Rica. Myriam’s Quetzales ! Are they her’s?

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Costa Rica Panama Nicaragua Honduras 150

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

This does not include the various changes made to Latin names, taxonomic ordering, nor changes to families.: Split from the Three-striped Warbler of South America, yet another species is added to the list of birds only found in the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. Not every list has Great Tinamou on it. More exciting news!

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Costa Rica Birds Owls South America 202

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JULY 25, 2015

Yes, I realize that sounds familiar to the semi-sadistic challenge known as Empid watching but since it only involves a small percentage of the family, it’s not that bad. The Black-capped Flycatcher is an Empid restricted to high elevation habitats of Costa Rica and western Panama. The Yellow-olive Flycatcher is one such species.

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Costa Rica Panama Species Sparrows 203

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Mountains beckon just north of the airport and that’s where we ventured for a host of hummingbirds, Furnarids, wood-warblers, and other species, many of which only occur in the highlands of Costa Rica and Panama. If a birder in Costa Rica plays the birding cards right, heck, he or she might even hit 300 in a day.

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Costa Rica Species San Jose Birds 194

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Picidae, Woodpecker, is one of those charismatic bird families that everybody gets excited about. Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide is the first major guide to family Picidae in 20 years. Unless the woodpecker is drumming a hole into your garage, and then, well, it’s a different kind of excitement.)

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 252

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

You could say that the right-brain, the part of the brain that is intuitive and creative, goes first, and the left-brain, where the logic resides, comes in second to refine and substantiate the initial impression. But, I think the birding world is big enough to accommodate more than one way to identify the members of this infamous family.

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North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 208

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MAY 8, 2013

Old World Vultures are nestled within the family Acciptridae along with the hawks and eagles. It’s actually a pretty classic example of convergent evolution, wherein two unrelated families of lifeforms evolve to fill the same niche independently. And when you think about it, that seems right. millions years ago.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 190

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

In the Peterson field guide tradition, text and range maps are on the left and illustrations are on the right (though, unlike the tradition Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America there are no arrows pointing to field marks).

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 234

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Each family of birds has a short introductory paragraph and most genera get a sentence or two of description. … Tags: books , brazil , field guide , Reviews • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! of species of bird that birders the world over desperately want to experience.

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Birds 212

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MARCH 15, 2011

On the contrary, if you are a traveling birder, you might just find your next birding destination right here on 10,000 Birds. PIP is situated right on a beautiful lake -- the place to be when its hot! Wicked, right? So, just because I’m being lazy, this does not mean that these posts will be of no use to you!

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Portugal 2011 Deer Birds 178

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MAY 3, 2012

Press in 2009), active participation in the Dragonfly Society of the Americas and leading dragonfly trips to Costa Rica and, hopefully this summer, Panama. Species accounts are sequential, one running right after the other. Within families, species are organized by genus. More on this later.) This one is 2.5

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United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 241

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JULY 4, 2017

The guide presents 69 species and 1 subspecies, from “NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes” to “OSPREY: Pandioninae” to “FAMILY: Accipitridae” (Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Hawk-Eagles), to “FALONIDS: Falconidae” (Falcons, Forest-Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels, Merlin). Owls are not included, though they sometimes are in ‘raptor’ guides.

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Mexico America North America Falcons 174

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts Birding Lodges – Part 1 – Paradise in Portugal The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida Veraguan Mango – Panama’s ex-endemic Finding Island Scrub-jays Snail Kites, Limpkins and Escargot.Or Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Dominican Republic 2011 Birds Deer 194

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

2012 has certainly been a bumper year for me with an estimated year list of around 3,000 species after extensive travels to South Africa, Ethiopia, South Korea, Indonesia, the Russian Far East, United Kingdom, Peru, Guatemala and Panama. And, the best thing was that it did not require tapes, just the right habitat and good ears and patience.

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2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 155

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Seen under the right light conditions, the Red-tailed Comet has a spectacular red rump and long golden-red tail. Found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua, this tiny hummingbird is placed within its own genus microchera. hummers on earth. Coming in at no. 19 is the celestial Red-tailed Comet.

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