TO THE PELICAN LODGE

We spent the early part of the morning birding around the grounds of our lodge, before heading up the mountain to Providencia Road within Quetzals National Park.

Then we will be headed south down the Panamerican Road #2 and stopped at the summit of the mountain to look for some of the special Paramo species such as Volcano Junco and Timberline Wren.

We returned to the restaurant at the highlands before continuing with our drive in the Valley of San Isidro.

We arrived at the El Pelicano Lodge in the late afternoon where we immediately started scoring new species.

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COSTA RICAN BIRD QUIZZES

Below are six links to six pages. Each page has ten species of Costa Rican Birds for you to identify. This is an opportunity to start using your field guides and top start learning the birds. In the next blog past I will post the answers to each 'quiz'. QUIZ NUMBER #1 QUIZ NUMBER #2 QUIZ NUMBER #3 QUIZ NUMBER #4 QUIZ NUMBER #5 QUIZ NUMBER #6

ITINERARY 2024

Ken Cross - Costa Rica Birding and Nature Tour 2024 Costa Rica is a birding destination that lives up to the hype! In this small central American nation there exists nearly 1000 bird species, of which we will see over half in our near four week visit. Hummingbirds, Toucans, Wrens, Flycatchers, Woodpeckers, Trogons, Motmots, Tanagers, Parrots [including Macaws] will be seen. Expect to see squirrels, monkeys, coatimundis and agoutis among other mammal species. We will also see fantastic herps, including Basilisk Lizards, Iguanas and we should see a variety of frogs, including some poison arrow frogs. This will be a great trip that takes around nearly the entire country. Our local guide is Diego Quesada. Day 1-Mar 2 [S]. Upon our [late] arrival in San Jose we will transfer to the Hotel Bougainvillea. The hotel is well located, very comfortable with a good restaurant and garden. Accommodation: Hotel Bougainvillea Day 2-Mar 3 [S]. Today is a rest day to recover from our long trip,

COSTA RICAN BIRD QUIZ ANSWERS

Quiz Answers Costa Rica Bird Quizzes Bird Quiz #1 1. Red headed Barbet 2. Harpy Eagle 3. Sungrebe 4. Unspotted Saw-whet 5. Ornate Hawk Owl 6. Lovely Cotinga 7. Volcano Junco 8. Black and white Owl 9. Timberline Wren 10. Speckled Tanager Bird Quiz 2 1. American Pygmy Kingfisher – female 2. Sooty capped Chlorospingus 3. Agami Heron 4. Resplendent Quetsal 5. Tropical Screech Owl 6. Grey hooded Kite 7. Bare shanked Screech Owl 8. Volcano Hummingbird 9. Chestnut headed Oropendola 10. Golden olive woodpecker female Bird Quiz #3 1. Prong billed Barbet 2. Mangrove cuckoo 3. Pale breasted Spinetail 4. Golden-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes hemichrysus) 5. Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater) 6. Flame-throated Warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis) 7. Turquoise browed Motmot 8. Palm Warbler 9. White eared Ground Sparrow 10. Slate coloured Seedeater Bird Quiz #4 1. Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (Emberizoides herbicola) 2. Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii) 3. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

KEN CROSS BIRDING COSTA RICA 2024

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