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SRI Denies Access to the Humane Society

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From the San Jose Mercury News. A Menlo Park research facility Monday refused to allow a humane society representative to check up on a monkey that bit a female lab worker the day before. If the incident is insignificant, then why deny access?

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Caribbean Lowland Birding at Ara Ambigua Lodge, Costa Rica

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Although a lot of beautiful rainforest was replaced by bananas, cattle pasture, and other ag-lands many years ago, at least we can still enjoy great birding at a number of sites, most of which are easily accessible including Sarapiqui, the most visited site in the lowlands north of San Jose.

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End of the Road Birding in Costa Rica at Luna Lodge

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This foot-shaped piece of land in southern Costa Rica is just about as far from San Jose as you can go without leaving the country. Lots of monkeys there too. In Costa Rica, one of the best “end of the road” places for birding and getting crazy with biodiversity is the Osa Peninsula.

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Birdmania at the Cano Negro Bird Count, Costa Rica

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That’s where most of Costa Rica’s population resides and because of that, it’s also why we headed out around dawn, happily leaving the long line of vehicles on their way to San Jose in the rear view mirror. of Ornithology being in our vehicle, eBird lists were a constant.

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Highlights from Birding Costa Rica, 2019

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The bird foraged on fruit in the upper understory, moving the vegetation almost as much as a monkey does. 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. In a year of megas, this was one of the top birds for sure.