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    Poll - Trying to get some numbers on Swarovski rubber armour issues.

    Yeah but is it fare that you pay so much money to have to go through this hassle? Back then they use to make stuff that last for ever. Now owning swarovski is just a status symbol. We are so stupid to fall for this game.
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    Poll - Trying to get some numbers on Swarovski rubber armour issues.

    NL PURE 10x42. Never used any chemicals on them. Cleaned using the ridiculous soap and brush included. 1 year and 6 months of use. Costa Rica.
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    woman birding alone in CR and safety issues

    Hi! While I have no experience with Ecuador or Colombia I would like to comment about CR. CR is a very safe country to travel indeed, just use common sense, naturaly. Now when it comes to birding itself, you would probably be birding at either private reserves or National parks, the National...
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    First ever Bird guide for Nicaragua

    Hi dear BF peeps! This might not be new to all of you but thought to drop the comment. The first-ever field guide to Nicaragua was published last 2014 and is now for sell in the US by buteobooks.com http://www.buteobooks.com/product/14500.html some US amazon sellers have it listed, although...
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    Costa Rica trip: best combination of localities

    I might suggest that you consider a day visit to Tapanti NP, at Turrialba and relatively close to Rancho naturalista so both places could be covered, great for ornate hawk-eagle, ochre breasted antpitta, rufous breasted antthrush, green fronted lancebill and many more interesting spp. In the...
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    Birding Pirre ridge, Darien National Park.

    Last May, me and a group of friends, all from Costa Rica visited the Darien national park with the help of a local guide; Isaac Pizarro. In resume we had the trip of our lifes with quality birds such as crested and harpy eagles, wing banded antbird, crimson bellied woodpecker and many other...
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    BATV Darien episodes

    Thank you Steve! Yes, I will continue working on it, I plan to post at the end all handy info needed, contacts, aprox money spent and other details I know will help birders repeat our journey. My wife is a brave birder, she never gave up and got to admit she cheered me up to continue on, still...
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    BATV Darien episodes

    we were in Pa a total of 9 days, we were at Darien 7 days total. Currently working on the trip report on my blog manuelantoniobirding.wordpress.com but I hope to also write one here in BF eventually
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    BATV Darien episodes

    Me, and a group of friends, all birding guides from Costa Rica just came form a trip to Pirre ridge at Darien NP, we used Isaac Pizarro as our guide (and seems he is "the guide" for this). and can say it has been the best birding experience of our life. Many elements made this trip...
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    A Little Help With IDs

    Brown boobie, Brewsteri raze.
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    January trip help

    Many of the birders who come with family who are not birders find Manuel Antonio such a convenient place, despite the crowd is a great place for general nature and beaches are BEAUTIFUL!, in the birding side, the park is known for its crowd so no good birding there, but there are some local...
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    new edition of Garrigues/Dean

    These field guides had been offered in CR since little more than a month ago now, several people had been selling them here locally, I have 2 of them signed by Richard.
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    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Yellow headed blackbird'

    Thank you Stanley
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    Yellow headed blackbird

    Yellow headed blackbird. A rare NA migrant in Costa Rca
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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    Yellow headed blackbird and bobolink in CR

    Thank's Pat! yes I saw your report, that was such quality bird you guys got! Regarding to the Bobolink it has been confirmed by J.Z, K. Easley and others that our "bobolink" was indeed a young/juvenile type red-breasted blackbird, oh well! but the experience was ok, now thanks to their great...
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