Breeding Costa Rica Raised 
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2021
Baltimore Oriole- one of the more common wintering birds in Costa Rica. Based on birding this very morning from the back of my place in Costa Rica, I can guarantee that at least some Baltimore Orioles, Tennessee Warblers , a Painted Bunting and a few other migrants are still far to the south. More Birds are Singing.
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?
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2021
On the breeding grounds of the north, a small bird flies into the night, takes a bearing for the south, gains altitude and flies onward. In Costa Rica, they can take the form of everything from toucans (think crows with giant shark inspired beaks) to herons and monkeys. How’s that for an understatement of the obvious?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2019
Even if we couldn’t find time to raise the bins at a favorite patch, it only takes momentary glances into the sky and hearing chip notes from the trees to remind us that birds are on the move. Although this elegant raptor is regular in many parts of Costa Rica, it doesn’t usually visit the Central Valley.
10,000 Birds
MAY 11, 2019
With birds bedecked in their breeding best and filling the air with song, this is migration at its loveliest. Threatened by loss of habitat both on breeding as well as wintering grounds, a few species have even become endangered or at least on a perilous track towards that worrisome designation. Ernesto and his team in the field.
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
AUGUST 6, 2022
In being wonderfully obvious, such birds become avian ambassadors, special “signature” species with the potential to raise bird awareness, to reconnect crucial links between people and the nature that surrounds them, with the ecosystems they partake in. In Costa Rica, one such bird is the Crimson-fronted Parakeet.
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