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Little Big Year -Week 38: Our first week in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

After landing in San Jose ay close to 10:00 PM, we made our way to our first Air BnB just north of the airport. This Black-cheeked Woodpecker was shot right off the upper patio off our room. As many of might know by now, we have covered a lot of ground this year, with Costa Rica being our ninth country visited.

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Caribbean Lowland Birding at Ara Ambigua Lodge, Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Although a lot of beautiful rainforest was replaced by bananas, cattle pasture, and other ag-lands many years ago, at least we can still enjoy great birding at a number of sites, most of which are easily accessible including Sarapiqui, the most visited site in the lowlands north of San Jose.

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Collaborative list – February 2020

10,000 Birds

Fasciated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma fasciatum. Rio san jose. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma mexicanum. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. Jamaican Woodpecker – Melanerpes radiolatus. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii. 08 Feb 2020.

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