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New Birding Site in Costa Rica: Snowcaps, Raptors and More!

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If you do happen to see one way up there in the canopy, since it’s more like watching a dark bug flying around than admiring the shifting colors of a dark velvet chocolate hummingbird, the Snowcap experience deserves to be enjoyed at ground level. Check out these very good reasons to visit: Easy Access. A Garden Planted for Birds.

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The Little Big Year: Week 40 – Last week in CR, and The Quetzal!

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This is a protected area that includes the Los Cusingos Bird refuge, where we were guided by Andres Chinchilla, a young man who as a child ran around the farm where his family worked, and was to become this incredible bird refuge. His years of experience in this area were quite obvious as we found 62 species in one morning.

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Aplomado Twitch in Costa Rica

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The open, dry habitat was perfect for it and the experience was so real, it was almost painful to wake up but alas, no Loggerhead Shrike, just a vivid dream of a migrant bird that could make a mega appearance in Costa Rica. The guy on the right is Sergio Arias, check out his Costa Rica Birding Hotspot Stand at Birdfair.