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costa rica bird list and my 1,000th species
2005-12-11 - 1:25 p.m.
� 2005 by Elaine Radford
black-cheeked woodpecker male
I did it, I did it. I got 16 life species on my trip to Costa Rica, and now I have
seen an even 1,000 species. I wasn't keeping track of the numbers, so I didn't
realize until I entered the notes into my data base and added them up. Number
1,000 first caught my attention as a mouselike scampering across the cloudforest
trail. It was an odd-looking thing when I got the glass on it -- that scaly wren back,
short tail, and wings, but bare blue skin around the eyes that contrasted with
its rufous throat. At first I thought antbird or antpitta but I couldn't make it fit.
Fortunately, it hung around patiently to allow me to make the correct identification.
Triumph!
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Brown Pelican
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Magnificent Frigatebird
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Great Egret
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Cattle Egret
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Black Vulture
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Turkey Vulture
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Osprey
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Crane Hawk
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Crested Caracara
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Crested Guan
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Least Sandpiper
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Royal Tern
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Red-billed Pigeon
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White-winged Dove
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Inca Dove
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Red-lored Parrot
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Groove-billed Ani
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Lesser Ground-Cuckoo
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Eastern Long-tailed Hermit
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
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Blue-crowned Motmot
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Black-cheeked Woodpecker
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Hoffmann's Woodpecker
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Spotted Barbtail
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Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
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White-collared Manakin
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Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
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Paltry Tyrannulet
Great Kiskadee -
Boat-billed Flycatcher
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Social Flycatcher
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White-ringed Flycatcher
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Tropical Kingbird
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Western Kingbird
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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Barn Swallow
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Rufous-naped Wren
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Bay Wren
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House Wren
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Song Wren
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Wood Thrush
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White-throated Magpie-Jay
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Brown Jay
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Chestnut-sided Warbler
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Slate-throated Redstart
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Bananaquit
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Scarlet Tanager
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Summer Tanager
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Passerini's Tanager--Stiles & Skutch call it Scarlet-Rumped
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Blue-gray Tanager
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Palm Tanager
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Yellow-throated Euphonia
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Golden-hooded Tanager
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Green Honeycreeper
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Red-legged Honeycreeper
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Black-striped Sparrow
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Great-tailed Grackle
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Streak-backed Oriole
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Baltimore Oriole
For my full trip report, click to start with Part 1.
� 2005 by Elaine Radford
yellow-throated euphonia males
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