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A Fine Morning on Irazu and Other Birding News for Costa Rica
Irazu is a volcano that dominates the eastern skyline of Costa Rica’s Central Valley. If you didn’t already know that a big old crater was hidden up there on top, it would be hard to imagine that the...
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Fine Birding on the Slopes of Poas
In Costa Rica, Poas looms to the north of the airport. A big mound of a mountain, the roomy crater hidden in the clouds. It can be seen from the window of a plane, the turquoise, unwelcome water in the...
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Poas: Quick and Easy Cloud Forest Birding in Costa Rica
On your way to Costa Rica? As the plane descends below the clouds and makes its approach to the Juan SantaMaria airport, look out the window to the north. You might notice that one of those...
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What Can a Birder in Costa Rica See in Four Days of Birding?
If you only had four days to go birding in Costa Rica, where would you go? What would you do? For most visiting birders, such circumstances are a non-issue, most people visit Costa Rica for a week or...
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Windy Birding Days on Poas, Costa Rica
Poas is indeed a place but since it’s also a volcano, instead of saying “at” Poas, I can’t help but say “on” Poas. Where exactly the volcano begins in the Central Valley is subjective because the...
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Volcan Irazu- Easy High Elevation Birding in Costa Rica
Birding opens the door to an endlessly interesting range of experiences. When you go birding, by definition, the focus is on the birds but since watching birds always involves much more than seeing...
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A Fine Morning of Excellent, Accessible Birding in Costa Rica
The birding in Costa Rica is always good but some places are better, some birding mornings are more memorable than others. Recently, I had one such morning while birding a place I have visited much...
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Costa Rica Birding in Primary Forest- Most Accessible Highland Sites
Birding in Costa Rica is like birding everywhere; better habitat means better birding. In Costa Rica, the best habitat translates to large areas of mature tropical forest; the principal vegetation...
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One Fine Day of Birding in Costa Rica= 150 Species
During one day of birding in Costa Rica, how many species can you find? The answer to that really depends on where and how you do your birding. For example, the current record for Costa Rica is 350...
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Quality Costa Rica Birding at Irazu Volcano
Costa Rica birding covers a wide range of avian experiences. There are dry lowlands with Turquoise-browed Motmots and Double-striped Thick-Knees, backyard Blue-gray Tanagers, and toucans yelping from...
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