10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

Any California-raised person knows that it just doesn’t rain in California in June. San Francisco averages two-tenths of an inch for the month, while San Jose only averages half that much. I was raised in between the two cities, and visited that area earlier this month.

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San Francisco San Jose California Battery 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2022

In being wonderfully obvious, such birds become avian ambassadors, special “signature” species with the potential to raise bird awareness, to reconnect crucial links between people and the nature that surrounds them, with the ecosystems they partake in. As one might expect, signature birds take many forms.

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Costa Rica San Jose Asia Geese 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Those who only raise binoculars within their own backyards might also decide one day to venture further afield to look for the ones in the field guides that aren’t making it into their limited sphere of birding. Only an hour and a half drive from San Jose, this major intersection of bio-craziness never fails to deliver.

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Costa Rica Species San Jose Birds 183

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

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. To counter the threat, Lana started the “White Hawk Project” to raise funds for the purchase of those properties so they can be protected as a private reserve.

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Costa Rica San Jose Sharks Monkeys 245