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The Top 25 Target Birds to Look for in Costa Rica

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When it comes down to it, birders can partake in the hobby, lifestyle, or passion however they want (as long as they don’t harm themselves, others, or the birds). Endangered and awesome, it’s pretty easy to experience this big parrot in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica from Tarcoles north to near Nicaragua.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

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We remember starlings not skylarks, House Sparrows not Eurasian Tree Sparrows , Cattle Egrets not… well, whatever we’ve forgotten because it didn’t do as well as the Cattle Egrets. What is the National Bird of Nicaragua? It’s just that the exceptions are so much more attention-grabbing.

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