10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2014
This foot-shaped piece of land in southern Costa Rica is just about as far from San Jose as you can go without leaving the country. Lots of monkeys there too. In Costa Rica, one of the best “end of the road” places for birding and getting crazy with biodiversity is the Osa Peninsula.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2020
The bird foraged on fruit in the upper understory, moving the vegetation almost as much as a monkey does. The Ornate Hawk-Eagle was noticed at the last minute on our drive towards San Jose through the dense rainforests of Braulio Carrillo National Park. In a year of megas, this was one of the top birds for sure.
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Critter News
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
From the San Jose Mercury News. A Menlo Park research facility Monday refused to allow a humane society representative to check up on a monkey that bit a female lab worker the day before. If the incident is insignificant, then why deny access?
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.
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.
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