10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
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.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2016
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.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2020
Brown Booby – Sula leucogaster; Playa Panama, 11-Jan. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Tambor, 3-Jan. Least Storm-Petrel – Hydrobates microsoma; Paquera, 3-Jan. Wood Stork – Mycteria americana; Tambor, 3-Jan. Magnificent Frigatebird – Fregata magnificens; Paquera, 3-Jan. Anhinga – Anhinga anhinga; Paquera, 3-Jan.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
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.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2020
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.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
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.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2019
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.
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