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Costa Rica: Angry Birds
In a film of angry birds in Costa Rica the main protagonist would be the striking Red-headed barbet (Eubucco boucieri). This small bird weighing only 15 cms provokes mixed feelings, since its brilliant scarlet head […]
Continue readingHacienda Baru: A Bird Watcher’s Dream
Anyone who has stayed in the Costa Ballena for even a single day knows what an amazing variety of birds reside here. Big, small, colorful, drab, predator, prey, and every description you can think of.
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Birds: American oystercatchers
Oystercatchers are monogamous, and couples stay together for life.
Continue readingBird: It Looks Like a Stick and Sings Like a Sloth
Poo-oo-oo-oo-oo rings the sorrowful wail through the warm summer night. Everyone told me it was a sloth calling. In the late 1980s a visiting ornithologist enlightened me. “That sorrowful wail comes from the Common Potoo […]
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August – Mother’s Month
In Costa Rica, Mother’s Day is celebrated on August 15. The tradition is to go visit mother, take her a gift, invite her to eat, and pamper her a lot. It is common among mothers […]
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