I still have lots of birds that I have not shown from our time up in the Rainforest Highlands at Las Carolinas Eco-Lodge, but it seemed appropriate to show a few images I took at our new location, Las Catalinas on the Pacific Ocean (NY Times Article). I will get back to wrapping up our time in the rainforest, but each day now I start with a bird hike at 6 am. When the temperature will soar to almost 100F by noon, it is important to get up before the sun. While sunrise technically is earlier that 6 am, the golden orb does not peek above the hills to the east till pushing 6:30. While birding I am rarely very far from the Pacific.
- One of my very enjoyable tasks while down here in Costa Rica is updating my Costa Rican Birding Book … The Birds of Las Catalinas (Free full copy PDF’s of Version 1 are available). While the major focus of the book is the birds of this region, Version 2 will also cover El Viejo Wetlands and the Rainforest Highlands. Full copies of Release #2 will also be freely available as a PDF Download.
From this morning’s bird hike …
Turquoise-Browed Motmot
Grooved-Billed Ani
The Costa Rican bird songs are incredible! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3viDClxDuqI While I enjoy a good winter snowshoe in the north woods to call owls, an early morning hike in the Costa Rican jungles is wonderfully full of life … dare I say that the sounds are sometimes too loud!?