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
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. In Costa Rica, one of the best “end of the road” places for birding and getting crazy with biodiversity is the Osa Peninsula. Riverside Wrens are nearly endemic to Costa Rica.
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2015
From San Jose, it takes four to four and a half hours but given the excellent birding opps on the way, you might want to allocate a bit more time. Although a straight fast road might not seem to be a big deal, it’s a rare, welcome occurrence in seriously mountainous Costa Rica.
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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