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Beautiful Birds of Costa Rica

Beautiful Birds of Costa Rica

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] MORE ADVENTURES IN COSTA RICA HERE  [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]To fully appreciate that Costa Rica has no clear boundaries defining where heaven on earth begins or ends, you...

Meet Costa Rica’s Latest Bird Celebrity

Meet Costa Rica’s Latest Bird Celebrity

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]It seems that nature, especially the avian sector, is doing everything possible to help reactivate tourism in Costa Rica. In late 2020, the country’s first known appearance of an Orinoco...

Adventures with Deals In Costa Rica

Adventures with Deals In Costa Rica

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]From dozens of meters below the Pacific to the 3,821 meters of Cerro Chirripó...so many adventures packed into this small country! Costa Rica, often referred to as the "Switzerland of Central America," is a haven for...

Motmots of Costa Rica

Motmots of Costa Rica

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Motmots are proof that common birds are not necessarily common looking. A stunning family of birds — one or more of the six motmot types — are readily found in and along the edges of forests throughout Costa Rica. Both...

Rufous-Vented Ground-Cuckoo

Rufous-Vented Ground-Cuckoo

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Rarely Seen Roadrunner Relative For birders with a “life list” of sighting dreams come true, the rufous-vented ground-cuckoo will commonly disappoint. Reports of fleeting glimpses have always been rare, even among the...

Expat Birds of Costa Rica

Expat Birds of Costa Rica

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]How many of you came to Costa Rica to visit … and decided to not go home?     Here in Costa Rica, humans are not alone in making this their new home. A variety of Costa Rican birds are also “expats.”   For...

Caño Negro Glistens in the Rainy Season

Caño Negro Glistens in the Rainy Season

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Years ago, a day boat trip on the Rio Frio from La Fortuna to the Nicaraguan border introduced me to Caño Negro, a premiere bird-watching locale.    On that trip, one of my fellow passengers would shout,...

When a Finch is Not a Finch

When a Finch is Not a Finch

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]If you come to Costa Rica, count on eventually becoming attracted to the beautiful birds here. With over 900 to see, it can become a serious hobby. As a photographer first, I developed my love for birds here. There is...

Magical San Vito

Magical San Vito

A Wonderland of Wildlife, Scenery and Culture I was recently invited by friends to go on a two-night trip to the San Vito area of Costa Rica. The main purpose was to look for specific birds my two friends wanted to see to check off their bird lists. The plan was to...

Preserving Paradise

Preserving Paradise

[uxgallery id="5"] “They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique And a swinging hot spot Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got til it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot” Joni Mitchell, “Big Yellow...

Quetzal

Quetzal

[uxgallery id="1"] It's Quetzal Time! Ripe Avocados Make San Gerardo de Dota a Birding Paradise   The small wild avocados, known in Spanish as aguacatillos, are ripe in San Gerardo de Dota. To us birders, that means "It's quetzal time!"    The resplendent...