Despite what some outdated sources claim, the list of bird species reported for Costa Rica is much more than 860. Since the 1990s, thanks...
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Costa Rica has long been one of the more frequently visited global birding hotspots. Stable, easy to visit, and with lots of accessible habitats,...
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Screech-owls don’t actually screech. It’s true and yet that was the name they were given. I suppose that sounds better than “tremulous”, “modulating”, or...
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Tennessee Warblers? Costa Rica? Oh yes. If you are headed to Costa Rica for birding from now until March, you will probably see more...
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2022 is here, the future is now! I look at that date and as with many others who were born in or before the...
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Winter birding can be fun, especially when you do it in a place with palms, parrots, and weather for wearing shorts. This is where...
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It takes a detour to reach Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge in Costa Rica but oh how the trip is worth it. The mix of...
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It’s getting to be that time of year. That time when if you were keeping track of the bird species you had identified, and...
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