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Starting 2018 with Hummingbirds in Costa Rica
3 years ago - By 10,000 Birds
Costa Rica is a fantastic place to watch hummingbirds. Imagine forty plus resident species of this esteemed family zipping around a place the size of a small state, many of which enjoy feeder juice, and you probably get the picture. As with other birds, different hummingbirds in Costa Rica use different habitats, some use different types of flowers, and one even likes to flycatch from boulders in the middle of rushing streams (that one would be the Green-fronted Lancebil l).
Lancebill habitat.
Although feeders are easy, not all species visit them, and natural feeders can be better. One of...
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