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  1. Birdingcraft

    Jaeger/Skua in Costa Rica, June, 2015

    This bird has been hanging out at the cruise ship pier in Puntarenas for at least a month. Jaegers are rarely seen in Costa Rica unless you take a trip out to deep waters. I saw this bird at a distance but since it was the same size as an adjacent Laughing Gull, showed a bit of white on the...
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    Slaty-capped Flycatcher

    Discussion thread for Slaty-capped Flycatcher. If you would like to add a comment, click the Post Reply button.
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    Birdingcrafts 2014 Costa Rica list

    Now that another year has begun, it's time to keep track of those birds! As usual, I hope to hit at least 600 and if I can get a good start on the year might try for 700 by next December. So, not too much birding yet but did my first bit of guiding for the year in Caribbean slope foothill...
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    Birding sites in Costa Rica that promote conservation and reforestation

    I suspect that this topic hasn't been covered so I am starting it now. Although nearly every hotel in the country bills itself as green or an ecotourism destination in some respect, the extent of sustainable activity varies quite a bit. Since most of us birders prefer to bring our business to...
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    Birdingcraft's 2013 Costa Rica list

    I had hoped to start posting my 2013 list right from the start but I just haven't had time until today. Just three real days of birding and a weekend and the list is over 300. I hope I can get the time to do a proper Big Year (minus honest to goodness pelagic trips). We will see... So, in...
  6. Birdingcraft

    Fall migration in Costa Rica, 2012

    Migration is i full swing in Costa Rica. It has been a good year for shorebirds with Surfbirds being seen in a few spots (uncommon migrant), and hundreds of other, more common species like Short-billed Dowitchers, Western Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plovers, Black-bellied (Grey) Plovers, and good...
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    Birding sites in Costa Rica off the regular tour circuit

    Most birders who come to Cost Rica visit the same set of sites and stay at the same hotels as those used by organized birding tours. Given the logistics, quality of the hotels, and abundance of trip reports detailing such sites, it is easy to set up trips that follow those routes. However, as...
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    Birdingcraft's 2012 Costa Rican list

    I planned on starting this in January but with the guiding high season have been to busy to update the year list. Anyways, I got off to a good start with species I had nearly missed last year such as Snowy Cotinga and Crested Owl, and birds totally missed in 2011 such as Keel-billed Motmot (a...
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    El Tapir

    El Tapir was an eco-tourism venture that was open during the latter half of the 90s. Situated along route 32, between the limit for Braulio Carrillo National Park and the Rainforest Aerial Tram, it boasted butterfly garden, gift shop, and trails through excellent foothill forest, and the birding...
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    Birdingcrafts 2011 Costa Rica list

    I am starting this thread a bit late but now that the guiding season has slowed down, I will regularly update it. I am at 515 so far and (like every year) hope to break 600. I have some good/tough ones for 2011 so far such as Agami Heron, Merlin, Sunbittern, Sharpbill, Black-crowned Antpitta...
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    Help! Problem with Sennheisser ME66

    I have a Sennheisser ME66 microphone with K power module that I have used successfully with an L10 Olympus digital recorder. The set up was working fine until today when I tried to record a Blue and White Swallow in my backyard. The recording was "filled"with interference or static and hardly...
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    Christmas Counts 2010

    Dates for Christmas counts in Costa Rica are starting to come out. The funny thing about counts here is that there are CBCs associated with the Audubon Society and counts associated with the Asociacion de Ornitologia de Costa Rica (the Costa Rican Ornithological Society). Both are done during...
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    A very rainy wet season this year in Costa Rica

    The rains have started in earnest in Costa Rica and it was reported in locall newspapers recently its going to be very wet for the next few months. Precipitation from "La niña" is expected to be up to 60% above the average on the Pacific Coast and Central Valley! I think I witnessed some of this...
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    Affordable or budget lodging options for birding in Costa Rica

    This thread is a result of recent discussions in the Costa Rica sub forum about difficulties associated with birding Costa Rica on a budget. Pease post any ideas for cheaper priced lodging in Costa Rica that you feel are suitable for birders and birding. The first place I will mention is...
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    Birdingcraft's 2009 Costa Rica list

    Constrained (some might say handicapped) by the responsibilities associated with work, family, and lack of a car, I have nevertheless been steadfastly plodding along on my first big year for Costa Rica. I haven't been out birding as much as I would like, nor have I been wandering around in the...
  16. Birdingcraft

    Dark Pewee, Tufted Flycatcher and Gray-chested Dove

    The above three species now have images in Opus.
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    Birdingcrafts Costa Rica patch

    My birding patch in Costa Rica is the first place where I experienced rain forest. The year was 1992, I was immediately hooked on tropical birding and I still bird there on a regular basis. My patch is Quebrada Gonzalez in Braulio Carrillo National Park, caribbean slope of Costa Rica. The...
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    Earthquake in Costa Rica affects birding sites

    Yesterday there was a 6.2 earthquake in Costa Rica. The epicenter was near the La Paz waterfall and caused severe damage to the Varablanca-Cinchona road with loss of life. I am still waiting to hear more about Cinchona- preliminary reports don't sound too good. Cinchona is the site of two...
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    Reducing glare

    I hope this hasnt already been posted. I often get strong background "whites" or glare in my images- like the camera over-registers the light colors. Any ideas to reduce this?
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    My latest birding day in Costa Rica

    I posted a report of my latest birding day in Costa Rica ; a trip to Virgen del Socorro at my blog. Would like to get out more but the closest I get on weekdays is viewing the nearby cloud-forested mountains through the office window. At least I can get out on weekends!
  21. Birdingcraft

    Chuck or Whip?- Caribbean slope Middle elevation- Costa Rica

    We saw a roosting nightjar at a middle elevation (1000 m) site on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica (Virgen del Socorro). I think its a Chuck-wills-Widow mostly because of primary length. Would like to hear from others regarding the ID of this bird- like why is it NOT a Whip-poor-will or...
  22. Birdingcraft

    Birding days in Costa Rica

    Although I live in Costa Rica, its not all birds all the time. It should be (!) but I live in the urbanized San Jose area. At least I get out most weekends though and this past weekend was pretty good. On Saturday I visited my patch with a bunch of students and one of their profs (Dieter) who...
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    Friendliest bird species

    What are your votes for the friendliest bird species? By name, I suppose Kinabalu Friendly Warbler of Borneo has to be up there. For the Americas, my vote is for the House Wren- aptly named, they love to hang around human habitations and will often enter houses. They also have a cheery, bubbly...
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    Birding David and the Lost and Found Eco Hostel, Panama

    In early August, 2008 I took a short trip from Costa Rica to David and the Lost and Found eco-hostel, both in Chiriqui, Panama. I would have liked to explore more around David but due to time and transportation limitations, wasn’t able to look for Veraguan Mango. Nor was I able to bird the...
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    Hepatic Tanager splits

    Can anyone point me to a ref. concerning Hepatic Tanager splits?
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