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Thoughts on Redstarts, an Early Fall Migrant in Costa Rica, 2022

September 3, 2022 by Patrick O'Donnell No Comments

I saw a redstart the other morning, my first of fall migration. If I lived in another hemisphere, I might be talking about the...

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Birding in Costa Rica, August, 2022- News and Recommendations

August 20, 2022 by Patrick O'Donnell 1 Comment

In the northern temperate zone, August is a time of hazy, lazy dog days, a month when you soak up that last bit of...

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Guide to birding the Forgotten Road in the Djerdap National Park, Serbia

August 11, 2022 by Dragan No Comments

That first field trip to Djerdap Gorge National Park, eight years ago, was made as a part of an ecotourism potential evaluation project. And...

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Costa Rica’s Signature Parakeet

August 6, 2022 by Patrick O'Donnell No Comments

Every place has its common birds, the species that do very well in a given habitat. As we like to say, these are species...

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Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

July 28, 2022 by Dragan 6 Comments

Hot summer days, often reaching 40C/104F, time to open another beer and dream of birding some cooler place, a place where deep shade of...

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Common Hedgerow Birds of Costa Rica

July 23, 2022 by Patrick O'Donnell No Comments

Hedgerows are living fences and windbreaks, lines of green space that bisect fields and pastures. They can’t provide the same ecosystem value as natural...

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Urban Birding in Costa Rica- Benefits of Brushy Fields and Coffee Farms

July 9, 2022 by Patrick O'Donnell No Comments

Costa Rica is more than cloud forest with mega worthy quetzals, more than rainforest with fancy Keel-billed Toucans and luscious Green Honeycreepers. Those are...