Meadowlark Birding Tours

15/11/2024

This Yellow-billed Oxpecker spends most of its time clinging to large mammals such as Wildebeest (pictured here), Zebras, Giraffes and Water Buffaloes. These birds pick parasites such as ticks off of the mammals body. In this way it benefits both species, the mammals parasites are kept under control, and the oxpecker gets a free meal.

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06/11/2024

With winter setting in, and most of our passerines moving south, we are looking ahead to the spring at Point Pelee. While most of the species we encounter at Pelee are migrants, some like this Blue-gray Gnatcatcher nest in the park itself.

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31/10/2024

Mountain Chickadees are often very inquisitive, dropping down to eye level to examine people in the forest. They are one of the three chickadee species we regularly see in Calgary. The others are the Black-capped Chickadee and the Boreal Chickadee.

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29/10/2024

Scarlet-rumped Tanagers are one of Costa Rica’s most widespread birds. We saw no shortage of them on the grounds of .

25/10/2024

One of the most common fall migrants in Saskatchewan is the Dark-eyed Junco. They can be found in pretty much in any stand of trees or shrubbery in early October. This individual is from the ‘Oregon’ subspecies which is less frequently encountered this far east on the prairies than the more common ‘Slate-coloured’ subspecies.

13/10/2024

Pair of Thick-billed Euphonias . They are called this because they have a ticker bill than other euphonia species. This widespread species is found across Panama, Colombia and Ecuador and reaches the northern extent of its range in Costa Rica.



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10/10/2024

In the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica we encountered this Fiery-billed Aracari on the grounds of Hotel Cristal Ballena.



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07/10/2024

This pair of Shining Honeycreepers were seen in Costa Rica. They are regular visitors to the feeding station outside the restaurant.



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03/10/2024

One of the regular visitors to the feeders near the restaurant of is the vibrant Speckled Tanager.



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01/10/2024

While birding along the trails of in Costa Rica’s pacific foothills, our group was treated to point blank views of this sharp looking Lesson’s Motmot.



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26/09/2024

Another highlight from our visit to was seeing a few Green-fronted Lancebills. They’re not the most colourful hummingbird, but are not widely distributed in Costa Rica. They are typically associated with forest streams which is exactly where we saw this one, at the base of a waterfall.

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23/09/2024