Month: January 2023
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Mirador El Pizote
This post represents an interlude in my stay at La Finca Ecológica (covered in a forthcoming post). Sergio picked me up at about 5 in San Luis and we drove up to his family’s property in Boca Tapada, near San Carlos by the Nicaraguan border. It was about a five hour drive because of a…
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Reserva Curi-Cancha
Today was a super fun day of birding at Curi-Cancha, a reserve that’s a little lower in elevation than Monteverde and a little closer to Santa Elena. I got there just as the reserve was opening at 7AM, and started seeing birds immediately. While the forest here might not be as pristine as that of…
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Monteverde and Finca San Luis
The fun bird pictures are at the bottom of the post! But you should read through the whole thing for the full context. After arriving in Santa Elena I decided to take the next morning slow, so I woke up late (in birding terms, at 6:45) and enjoyed the free breakfast at my hostel. Afterwards…
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The Trip Begins: Costa Rica
The clouds have closed in as my bus makes its way west from San Jose. Out the window I can see several different kinds of pretty spectacular flowering trees; the most common one seems to be the vivid orange Poró Gigante which has no leaves right now for the most part, just bunches of tangerine-colored…
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Packing!
Well that’s it! I’ve got all my stuff packed up in my backpack and camera bag, and I don’t think I’ll be changing the list. I’m using the Osprey Farpoint 40L backpack, recommended by several one-bag travel experts. It’s got quite a lot of space, enough to fit a week and a half of clothes…
Backcountry Birding 