Breeding Costa Rica Hunting 
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
When Costa Rica becomes a topic of conversation, we don’t usually hear the word “extinction” being thrown around. But how about when the Costa Rica conversation involves a birder? It’s easy to bedazzle the bins with this one when birding in Costa Rica. Must be a joke, right?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2019
The birds are now breeding in the area, but are quite happy to keep coming to the daily feeding station in groups of over 100 birds. This bird is 3 inches long, lives in the darkest part of the jungle understory of Costa Rica, and never sits still! I finally caught this one in the Alexander Skutch Bird Sanctuary.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2016
For those who happen to be faithful followers of posts about birding in Costa Rica, no, you haven’t accidentally browsed to the wrong place. It might not be Costa Rica, but it is one of the most important, birdiest events on the planet, and checking it out was a dream come true. And yes, the need is desperate.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Having mobility issues, I still remember birding from a van along a rather productive dirt road in Costa Rica ( Broad-billed Motmot , Lineated Woodpecker , Cocoa Woodcreeper , etc.), stayed to rrroar to the locals, also visit their homesteads, to see which races of domestic animals they breed, etc. At some stage they stopped.
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2017
My recent trip was fantastic, and really re-kindled my love of diving, so much so that I’ve started planning and saving for a diving (and birding) trip to Costa Rica in 2019. Note the beaked mouth, used for hunting invetebrates. I can’t explain it, maybe some kind of breeding aggregation? Very very close!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2013
Since that trip, I’ve seen Rose-throated Becard in Costa Rica, but not with the rosy throat. And, seeing a bird in Costa Rica is not the same as seeing it in the U.S. I never saw the bird. Well, maybe a bit of a wing. Hence my birding travel (and blogging) has been curtail (but life much enriched!)
10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2012
Our recent trip to Selva Verde Lodge in Costa Rica was one such trip that held an unexpected surprise. A displaying Sunbittern close to Selva Verde Lodge, Costa Rica Secondly, Sunbitterns belong to a monotypic family, Eurypygidae. But I digress. I’ve had the same difficulty getting a good sighting of Elvis.
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