10,000 Birds
AUGUST 7, 2021
However, if you have time for some birding much closer to San Jose, this choice hummingbird is also regular at one of the newest Costa Rica birding spots on the block; the intriguing Nectar and Pollen reserve. Located on the main highway between San Jose and Limon, Nectar and Pollen is easy to visit by car or even public bus.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
After 14 hours of flight / 20 h spent travelling to reach Costa Rica from Eastern Europe, I landed in San Jose in the rain. It did go a bit slower than I was hoping for, however, I came to Costa Rica with 957, and started to collect my birds like an Acorn Woodpecker collects its nuts. It was close to 5 a.m.,
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 18, 2023
The Road to Irazu – An easy road that passes through cultivated fields before eventually reaching patches of good forest past San Juan de Chicua. This is where we go to see Red-rumped Woodpecker, Savannah Hawk, Veraguan Mango, Sapphire-throated Hummingbird , and other uncommon species.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Having mobility issues, I still remember birding from a van along a rather productive dirt road in Costa Rica ( Broad-billed Motmot , Lineated Woodpecker , Cocoa Woodcreeper , etc.), At some later, similar stage ( Turquoise-browed Motmot , Hoffmann’s Woodpecker , Scarlet Macaw , Streak-headed Woodcreeper , etc.),
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2017
Although a lot of beautiful rainforest was replaced by bananas, cattle pasture, and other ag-lands many years ago, at least we can still enjoy great birding at a number of sites, most of which are easily accessible including Sarapiqui, the most visited site in the lowlands north of San Jose.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
After landing in San Jose ay close to 10:00 PM, we made our way to our first Air BnB just north of the airport. This Black-cheeked Woodpecker was shot right off the upper patio off our room. As many of might know by now, we have covered a lot of ground this year, with Costa Rica being our ninth country visited.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 11, 2017
That’s where most of Costa Rica’s population resides and because of that, it’s also why we headed out around dawn, happily leaving the long line of vehicles on their way to San Jose in the rear view mirror. of Ornithology being in our vehicle, eBird lists were a constant.
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