10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2015
The Andean Flamingo ( Phoenicopterus andinus ) is one of the three flamingos occurring in the high Andes of South America. Andean Flamingoes and Chilean Flamingo (far right) (Photo: Ron Knight – Flickr). The Andean Flamingo is now protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Kricher is well-known in naturalist book circles as a scientist who can write about complex scientific topics in engaging smart prose touched with just the right amount of dry wit. Some finches, like Mangrove Finch, have become elusive. The book’s twelve chapters can be divided into groups of 5, 5, 1 and 1.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2019
Split from the Three-striped Warbler of South America, yet another species is added to the list of birds only found in the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. Once upon a time, it was lumped with the Masked Yellowthroat of South America. Not every list has Great Tinamou on it. Masked Yellowthroat is gone.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2016
Costa Rica is situated right between two oceans. The pair of seas are close enough for the occasional adventurous frigatebird to just soar way up and right over to the other salty basin. You can also expect solid birding right around the lodge and on the entrance road. In the other direction, the Pacific.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2019
In Costa Rica, it’s also happening, not as in full force mode as the temperate north but that will change in a month when we see thousands of Eastern Wood-pewees , flocks of Eastern Kingbirds , and other species hurrying their way to South America. Habitat for migrants and a rare endemic burned for planting with a monoculture.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 12, 2014
Cuery y Salado Preserve protects a coastal mangrove system full of wildlife from monkeys to trogons. Lesser Roadrunner is another spectacular species of the thorn forest scrub of the Aguan Valley, which we observed at length right along the main road! Central American Pygmy-Owl is another key species at the lodge.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2012
Cliff Swallows migrate to North America from their wintering grounds in South America to nest in large colonies, sometimes numbering in the thousands. All swallows are included under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 as migratory insectivorous birds and as such are protected by state and federal regulations.
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