The Birdfinders Costa Rica 2010 Tour Proves to be a Record Breaker!!!

Hello Friends,

Magdalena and I just finished the Birdfinders Costa Rica Tour 2010. This year proved to be our best ever. We broke last years record by 4 species and finished with a total of 544 SPECIES SEEN with another 20 birds that were "heard only".

We also found some pretty stunning reptiles as well. Fer de Lance, Hog-nosed Pit-viper, Eye-lashed Pit-viper, Nothern Cat-eyed Snake, False Coral-Snake, Pug-nosed Anole, Casque-headed Lizard and Central American Banded Gecko.

Magda was also quite pleased with several birds seen, as they were new for her. She managed to add 5 more species to her CR Bird List. Long-billed Curlew, Cave Swallow, Yellow-winged Tanager, Yellow-breasted Chat and Slaty-breasted Tinamou all bit the dust!!!

I got 1 new CR bird, which had become somewhat of a bogey bird over the years, the Yellow-breasted Chat!

We have a couple of days to rest and then the next Birdfinders Costa Rica tour begins.

That's all for now!

STEVEN EASLEY