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On a winter morning in Costa Rica, a colorful choir welcomes the day. A pair of Bay Wrens sings a brisk duet just before sunrise. Perched in the upper canopy of the tropical lowland forest, a group of Keel-billed Toucans calls out. In a nearby tree, Purple-throated Fruitcrows (like this one) add their voices to the chorus. Then a male Montezuma Oropendola belts out an electrifying series of notes — one of the most distinctive voices in the tropics. Finally, a Bright-rumped Attila calls from its perch.
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Costa Rica Winter Sunrise
Written by Bob Sundstrom
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[Bay Wren song duet, https://soundcloud.com/encyclopedia-of-life/baywren]
On a winter morning in Costa Rica, a pair of Bay Wrens sings a brisk duet just before sunrise. Though the Bay Wrens stay well hidden in the underbrush, they have all the decibels they need to make themselves known. [Bay Wren song duet, https://soundcloud.com/encyclopedia-of-life/baywren]
A breeze wafts in off the Caribbean Sea, less than a mile away, across the tropical lowland forest, fluttering the leaves of a tall giant fig tree hung with flowering bromeliads. Perched in the upper canopy, a small group of Keel-billed Toucans calls out. [Keel-billed Toucan calls ]
Their comically large bills are painted in lime green, turquoise, orange, and magenta. In a nearby tree, Purple-throated Fruitcrows add their voices to the sunrise chorus. [http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/187913]
The male fruitcrows are jet-black with reddish-purple throats. Alongside the fruitcrows, a huge oriole-like bird pivots upside down and belts out an electrifying series of notes: [http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/127299]
It’s a male Montezuma Oropendola, with one of the most distinctive voices in the tropics. [http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/127299]
Finally, a Bright-rumped Attila calls from its perch hidden deep in the canopy. [http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/113384]
The Attila will repeat its maniacal phrases until well after sunrise, reminding us again and again that it’s morning in Costa Rica.
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Bay Wren from Xeno-Canto (XC11512] recorded by Nick Athanas; Keel-billed Toucan from Xeno-Canto recorded by Melinda Wood; Purple-throated Fruitcrow [187913] recorded by P K Donahue, Montezuma Oropendula [127299] recorded by C A Marantz and Bright-rumped Attila [113384] recorded by C A Marantz, all courtesy of The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York.
BirdNote’s theme music was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler.
Producer: John Kessler
Executive Producer: Dominic Black
© 2016 Tune In to Nature.org January 2016/2019/2022 Narrator: Mary McCann
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Bob Sundstrom
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