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High Elevation Birding in Costa Rica at Providencia

10,000 Birds

And so I recall the numb feet, the knowledge of knowing about the importance of staying sufficiently warm and the race against time for finding shelter when the winds howl turned into an invisible attack on inner warmth. To be honest, I shouldn’t downplay the lower temperatures of Costa Rica’s high elevations.

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That Awkward Moment With Feral Cats and Family

10,000 Birds

We do what we can by giving them food, shelter, and getting them their shots and fixed to prevent more feral litters.” Maybe we should talk about individual birds that are important to us that are affected by cats rather than the millions cats kill in a year–because that number is ignored by the cat people anyway.