Subject: [Tweeters] Suggestions for birding locations in Costa Rica
Date: May 10 21:08:13 2007
From: Mason Flint - masonflint at hotmail.com
I spent a week on the Osa Peninsula in January and the birding was
fantastic. The Osa Peninsula includes Corcavado National Park which is
sometimes described as the most ecologically diverse place on earth. You'd
probably see more total species if you moved around - get upland birds as
well as lowland birds. The Osa Peninsula is strong on the latter but doesn't
have any of the higher altitude species. There are a number of species
endemic to the Osa including one I saw, the Yellow-billed Cotinga. See pics
at http://montereybay.com/creagrus/cotingas.html. In a week I saw about 125
species, well over half of which were lifers and not seen in North America.
For a list that includes many of the species in the area check out this
site: http://www.osaadventures.com/site_list.htm. We actually didn't stay at
the Bosque del Rio Tigre lodge but I heard that it's great for birding. We
stayed at La Paloma Lodge (http://www.lapalomalodge.com/) which is in second
growth forest but is still fantastic for birding. They offer day trips into
Cordavado National Park. If you can swing it I'd highly recommend staying a
night in the Park - you're more likely to see rare mammals including Jaguars
if you're there at night. A sampling (not all inclusive) of what I saw to
whet your appetite:
Brown & Red-footed Booby (Boobies?)
Bare-throated Tiger Heron
Gray-headed Chachacalaca
Great Curassow
Great Tinamou
King Vulture
Yellow-head Caracara
Collared Forest Falcon
Scarlet Macaw (lots)
Red-lorred Parrot
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Common Pootoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Mangrove Swallow
Little Hermit
Long-tailed Hermit
White-necked Jacobin
Blue-throated Goldentail
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Lineated Woodpecker
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Black-hooded Antshrike
Dot-winged Antwren
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Bananaquit
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Bay-headed Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Orange-billed Sparrow
We also saw all of the Costa Rican monkey species including Capuchin,
Howler, Spider and Squirrel not to mention lots of reptiles, butterflies,
bugs and fish. Yes, we liked it there. ;)
I believe that October/November is still fairly rainy so you should take
that into consideration.
Have fun!
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Subject: [Tweeters] Suggestions for birding locations in Costa Rica
I plan to travel to Costa Rica for 10 days at end of October through
beginning of November. Does anybody have suggestions for the best
birding locations at this time of year as well as nearby accomdations?
Thanks in advance,
Chris Maden
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