| Costa Rica has long been famous among serious | | | | ample stomping grounds for birders, but just |
| bird watchers, but many people who would | | | | about anywhere you look in Costa Rica, you |
| never consider the activity at home quickly | | | | spot interesting avian species. Even some of |
| have become interested in the country's | | | | the hotels in the San Jose area have such |
| spectacular avian diversity. | | | | colorful critters as blue-grey tanagers, |
| | | | great kiskadees and crimson-fronted parakeets |
| With almost 850 species of birds -more than | | | | in their gardens. |
| total of what North America has- packed into | | | | |
| an area half the size of Kentucky, it's hard | | | | However, those interested in bird watching |
| not to become enthused about the variety of | | | | will want to see the resplendent quetzal, |
| feathered creatures one encounters in Costa | | | | which lives in the cloud forests of |
| Rica. And we can provide us experienced | | | | Monteverde, Los Santos region and the Central |
| nature guides who make any costa rica bird | | | | Volcanic Mountain Range, and the equally |
| watching vacation an educational experience. | | | | spectacular scarlet macaw, which can be seen |
| | | | on the Osa Peninsula or the area around the |
| One of the reasons for Costa Rica's | | | | Carara Biological Reserve. |
| extraordinary bird life is the country's | | | | |
| great variety of habitats: rain forests, | | | | Cano negro wild life refuge is other |
| mangrove swamps, beaches, cloud forest, | | | | destination for your Costa Rica bird |
| rivers, etc. And any two of those ecosystems, | | | | watching vacation. Cano Negro is a sweet |
| with their resident bird species, are often | | | | water lagoon, not to deep, with an extension |
| only a short distance apart. | | | | of 800 hectares. The lagoon and the nearby |
| | | | areas, are some of most important and vital |
| Birders from North America who enjoy their | | | | biological areas that support environment |
| Costa Rica bird watching vacation during the | | | | quality in the north side of the country. The |
| northern winter invariably recognize familiar | | | | Cano Negro refuge is an important source of |
| faces in the forest, since many species of | | | | food to migratory birds from the north. There |
| warblers, flycatchers, vireos, orioles, etc. | | | | are also several species of plants and |
| migrate to Costa Rica every winter. | | | | animals not found anywhere else in the |
| | | | country, birds and fishes for the human |
| The country's exemplary System of National | | | | consume. |
| Parks and Protected Areas provide more than | | | | |