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Casa Tangara dowii, Costa Rica: to claim our feathery gold

10,000 Birds

In 1978 two researchers from Harvard University were impressed by these quetzal-filled cloud forests, published photographs in the United States, and the Chacóns began to host increasing numbers of American birders. Back at Casa dowii, that evening we tried playback on the resident Bare-shanked Screech-Owl , but got no response.