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Not that long ago, Costa Rica had one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, rainforests were razed to make way for hot and chiggery cattle pasture, and bot flies probably became more numerous than some bird populations. Hope for a vagrant comes in the form of an Orange-breasted Falcon sighting from west-central Panama.
If the wind carries them on, maybe they will go to Panama, or even make it to Colombia. If the last stop from the Yucatan happens to be Costa Rica, warblers, cuckoos, and thrushes come down to rest and with so much habitat available in such a small area, they can have their pick of cloud forest, rainforest and riparian zones.
They used to be but a burgeoning population in need of more living room and land for cattle and crops destroyed a fair portion of those rainforests during the 20th century. But, if you want to go further afield, fear not, there is some wonderful lowland forest birding up near Nicaragua and down south by Panama as well.
The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species. The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species.
Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Panama Flycatcher – Myiarchus panamensis. Lago de Cuitzeo. 01 Jul 2019. Little Blue Heron – Egretta caerulea. Lago de Cuitzeo. 01 Jul 2019. Tricolored Heron – Egretta tricolor. Lago de Cuitzeo. 01 Jul 2019. Lago de Cuitzeo. 01 Jul 2019. Chinese Pond-Heron – Ardeola bacchus.
Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks , Muscovy Ducks and Blue-winged Teals were around us, together with Green , Great and Little Blue Herons , Cattle and Great White Egrets , Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons , plus one locally rare Pinnated Bittern in the floating vegetation, as well as several dozen Neotropical Cormorants.
As impressive as these birds are, many species, particularly in southern Asia , have seen precipitous population declines having to do somewhat with the old habitat issues that plague animals around the world , but more to do with the widespread use of anti-inflammatory drugs on cattle, who then die and are eaten by vultures who are poisoned.
Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143. Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143.
Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama).
Humiliating him in front of his public had a far more productive effect than I could have hoped for in fact, as he upped and took himself off to Panama in an attempt to appease the compiler. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Panama Rainforest Discovery Center. Radisson Summit Hotel and Golf Panama. 13 Jan 2017.
The year list ends on a provisional (some beats will be birding ’til the final whistle to try and salvage a ravaged year) 1803 species from 1602 checklists submitted by 12 beats from 16 countries.
Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Panama Flycatcher – Myiarchus panamensis. Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). El Centenario Tidal Flats.
Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Panama Flycatcher – Myiarchus panamensis. Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). El Centenario Tidal Flats.
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