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The 2016 AOU Supplement and the Costa Rica Bird List

10,000 Birds

Well, maybe there was way in the past but those days became ancient evolutionary history when the taxon evolved into two separate species; one that lives in eastern Mexico south to northeastern Costa Rica, and another that lies in other parts of Costa Rica down to South America.

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Business Birding Basics – part II

10,000 Birds

The first time could be forgiven but he kept doing it despite our protests. His lack of knowledge was just annoying, but the third and worst problem was his failure to grasp the concept of binoculars. Consequently, he would drive too close to any bird party we came across. We glimpsed a lot of presumably good birds flying away from us.

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