Hi future Costa Rica birders

Did a little more digging and came up with;

Another general interest book that is a little dated but an excellent one
edited by the well known Daniel H. Janzen -- Costa Rican Natural History.
Before investing in it I would suggest seeing if it is available from the
library.

I can't travel without maps;

1:500,000 scale map of Costa Rica by:

International Travel Map Productions
PO Box 2290, Vancouver BC, Canada V6B 3W5

or

ITMB Publishing/World Wide Books & Maps
736A Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1G3

(I'm assuming that the two addresses are for the same company). The map is
also available from Powell's Books in Portland if you are going to be in
that area. If they don't have them at the main store have them check their
Travel Store. Be aware that there are a number of Powell's stores -- ie
their computer/technology stuff if not at the main store but several blocks
away, etc.

Also, this weekend (must be serendipity) I got a travel package from Costa
Rica from their Tourist Bureau which included a highway map (with a San
Jose city map on the reverse). Their phone number is 1-800-343-6332. The
package also included a list of birds (sort of useless except for the most
casual birder) to be expected.

Amarican Birding Association (ABA) also lists a new annotated checklist for
Monteverde and Penas Blancas by Michael Fogden (an excellent photographer,
by the way). Title: An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Monteverde and
Penas Blancas (Costa Rica). Item #CRI-002 $6.95 Published 1993 60 pages
Paperback
ABA added a descriptive comment: Status and habitat distribution of 452
species for this prime cloud forest area (and) the adjacent downslope.

ABA also lists a Bird Song Master for Costa Rica
Item #807 $50.00 (MAC or Windows)

Voices of Costa Rican birds: Carribean Slope
Item #613CD $24.95
Item #61T $19.95

>From what I gather you need both the software management (#807) and the CD
(613CD).
Looks pricey.

ABA's phone is 1-800-634-7736 in Colorado Springs.

Last comment (for now) don't miss at least a day's birding in the Cerro de
la Muerte area. Higher altitude birding and quite rewarding.

If anyone is going to be in the La Selva area, I will provide a couple of
individual comments on a good spot between town and the reserve.

Bob Taylor
taylorrt at geocities.com