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Birding at Talari Mountain Lodge, Costa Rica
A couple days after coming back to where summer reigns eternal, I did some guiding at the Talari Mountain Lodge in the Valle de el General area of Costa Rica. Not too far from where Alexander Skutch...
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The new road to Caldera in Costa Rica is finally open
It was thirty years in the making, but the new road to the coast is finally open in Costa Rica! If the world ends in 2012 as the Mayans predicted, then at least we have two years to zoom back and forth...
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Costa Rica Birding at Esquinas Rainforest Lodge
This past weekend, I did some guiding and birding down at the Esquinas Rainforest Lodge in Costa Rica near the Osa Peninsula. It was the first time I got the chance to go birding in the area and I...
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A Weekend of Birding Costa Rica at Dominical
Dominical is this tiny beach village in southwestern Costa Rica that appears to be mostly populated by surfers, people with stylistic tattoos of the moon, and fishermen. Although Hacienda Baru welcomes...
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Updates and Highlights from a Morning of Birding at Carara National Park on...
Carara National Park and surroundings is always a good bet for birding in Costa Rica. Whether it happens to be your first time in the neotropics or your 20th, the easy access to a variety of habitats...
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Birding Costa Rica around Ciudad Neily (aka part 2 of the Buenos Aires, Costa...
See the first post of this birding adventure here. After driving off from Buenos Aires, we took the route to San Vito in case we ended up having time to check a site for Lance-tailed Manakin and other...
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A Synopsis of Birding around Sierpe, Costa Rica
Sierpe is one of those out of the ways places that few birders visit when doing Costa Rica. It’s off the beaten track, isn’t exactly surrounded by large areas of protected forest, and is easily...
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La Gamba- My New Favorite Birding Site in Costa Rica
It’s no secret that Costa Rica has a healthy abundance of great birding just about everywhere one goes but but some places stand out for the avian attractions they offer. One such place is the general...
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Need Turquoise Cotinga near San Jose? Visit Rancho Mastatal!
All of us birders love cotingas. Along with the manakins, those weird, beautiful birds are the neotropical convergence answer to the birds of paradise, and like those Papuan feathered crazies, a lot of...
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Birding at Los Campesinos, Costa Rica
Last weekend, I guided a Birding Club of Costa Rica trip to the Los Campesinos Ecolodge. This site is one of several rural tourism initiatives in Costa Rica, and like most, provides somewhat basic yet...
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Current Costa Rica Birding Tips for Poas and Carara National Parks
For the past few weeks, most of my birding has taken the form of scouting for the Global Big Day on May 13th. Since I plan on starting shortly after midnight, I will actually be celebrating this modern...
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Birding in Costa Rica around Ciudad Neily
Costa Rica might be a small country but that doesn’t stop it from hosting a variety of distinct habitats and areas inhabited by localized species. One such part of the country is the lowland area near...
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