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When CostaRica becomes a topic of conversation, we don’t usually hear the word “extinction” being thrown around. But how about when the CostaRica conversation involves a birder? It’s easy to bedazzle the bins with this one when birding in CostaRica. Must be a joke, right?
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 CostaRica, and never sits still! I finally caught this one in the Alexander Skutch Bird Sanctuary.
For those who happen to be faithful followers of posts about birding in CostaRica, no, you haven’t accidentally browsed to the wrong place. It might not be CostaRica, 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.
Having mobility issues, I still remember birding from a van along a rather productive dirt road in CostaRica ( 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.
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 CostaRica in 2019. Note the beaked mouth, used for hunting invetebrates. I can’t explain it, maybe some kind of breeding aggregation? Very very close!
Since that trip, I’ve seen Rose-throated Becard in CostaRica, but not with the rosy throat. And, seeing a bird in CostaRica 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!)
Our recent trip to Selva Verde Lodge in CostaRica was one such trip that held an unexpected surprise. A displaying Sunbittern close to Selva Verde Lodge, CostaRica Secondly, Sunbitterns belong to a monotypic family, Eurypygidae. But I digress. I’ve had the same difficulty getting a good sighting of Elvis.
I got to see a beautiful female and owlet on a trip to a secret nest location near Howard Prairie Lake (human-made nest structures have enhanced local breeding for these huge owls whose nest success is boosted to 83% on artificial platforms vs. 66% at natural sites). Larry’s BBOTY – Great Gray Owl.
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