10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

For me, the southernmost end of the Baja, is all about the estuary in nearby San Jose Del Cabo. I was sitting in an improvised hide, photographing a small group of Ruddy Ducks, when just a few yards behind them, a Sora just sort of swam out into the open! A big surprise was a Northern Harrier hunting along the waterway.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2021

However, if you have time for some birding much closer to San Jose, this choice hummingbird is also regular at one of the newest Costa Rica birding spots on the block; the intriguing Nectar and Pollen reserve. Located on the main highway between San Jose and Limon, Nectar and Pollen is easy to visit by car or even public bus.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2020

The most common urban parakeet, this is the one that has become adapted to nesting on buildings, including the center of San Jose. They seem to be particularly interested in a group of large trees in a nearby coffee farm. I see and hear a small flock of these small Amazons on a daily basis.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2022

This can be a long drive from San Jose, especially with road construction and slow and seemingly eternal truck traffic, but once you get there, the voyage is worth it. Eventually, we made our way to the nearby beach, noticing a group of Eastern Kingbirds hanging with a pair of Long-tailed Tyrants en-route.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

The Ornate Hawk-Eagle was noticed at the last minute on our drive towards San Jose through the dense rainforests of Braulio Carrillo National Park. An Ornate from another day. Buff-fronted Quail-Dove on a feeder. Not a rare bird but like all quail-doves, a professional skulker and thus typically glimpsed as it scurries into hiding.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

while the rest of the group took a hike. At some stage, almost standing still in a traffic jam on the highway towards San Jose, I was calling a fellow 10K beat writer Pat O’Donnell, enquiring about the chances to meet in my hotel. from London was part of my group. Yes, he could have played dumb, but I wasn’t any smarter.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2019

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.

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