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Big Day Birding in Costa Rica- Strategies and Constraints

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Up north, strategies for a Big Day have to include knowledge of sites for breeding birds, the best places to find migrants, driving times, and the ability to identify by sight or sound, anything that peeps, flies, or pops into view. Scouting can also turn up rare birds, fruiting and flowering trees, and maybe even an owl roost.