Episode 67: The three-wattled bell-bird, Monteverde, Costa Rica -

Episode 67: The three-wattled bell-bird, Monteverde, Costa Rica

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This is the first of three episodes about the bird life in Costa Rica. This one focuses on the three-wattled bell-bird and the episode is set in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. Listen to the bellbird on Youtube here. Meet One Of The Loudest Birds In The World (Three-wattled Bellbird) Thanks to these photographers for their images https://unsplash.com/@zmachacek https://unsplash.com/@feiffert Thanks to Michael Brooks for this video of the bird calling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js9rqJZ_a-8&list=PPSV Featured image from Wikimedia Commons Procnias_tricarunculata_-Costa_Rica_-male-8.jpg: Ryan Kozie

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