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A Review of 101 + Common Birds of Costa Rica- A Birder’s Companion

10,000 Birds

To give an idea of what I mean by “birdy”, although Costa Rica is similar in size to West Virginia, more than 920 species have been recorded within the borders of this southern Central American country. With so many species to choose from, it’s far from easy to decide which merit inclusion.

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Jinx Warbler Vanquished

10,000 Birds

I am sharing it again here, at the request of Corey Finger, who takes some sort of sick pleasure in seeing other birders squirm and suffer under the weight of their obsession with life birds. I mumble the species’ name over and over something like this: that’s a *&$#^ Great Gray Owl! –Bill Thompson III.