Birdwatching in Costa RicaBirdwatching in Costa Rica|
BOSQUE DE PAZ RAIN/CLOUD FOREST & LODGE, birdwatcher's paradise in Costa Rica with 331 especies of birds including Resplendent Quetzal, Emerald Toucanet, and others. Our bird list in www.bosquedepaz.com
Rain Forest Aerial Tram Take a fascinating excursion through the rain forest canopy and its hanging gardens of plants and animals hidden at the tops of tall tropical trees. |
 Quetzal picture courtesy of CCT |
Birding courses lasting two-three weeks are offered every year by the TROPICAL SCIENCE CENTER.
E-mail: montever@amerisol.com
Rain Forest Aerial Tram Take a fascinating excursion through the rain forest canopy and
its hanging gardens of plants and animals hidden at the tops of
tall tropical trees.
The Tropical Science Center and Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve
offer several options for birders, including a tour (see next
sentence) and a course in birding (see above): Bird Watchers Tour
Various options for bird watchers are offered. During the all
day tour. More than 80 species can be observed.
Birds Guide an on-line resource part of the Web Travel Review's Costa Rica Handbook by Christopher Baker
Books
Buy the following books online at discount prices, delivered to your door:
A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica
by F. Gary Stiles, Alexander F. Skutch Highly recommended. THE Costa Rican birdwatching reference book.
Plates of all species with high quality illustrations.
A Naturalist in Costa Rica; Alexander Frank Skutch
A Neotropical Companion : An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics; John C. Kricher, Mark Plotkin
A Guide to the Birds of Panama : With Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras; Robert S. Ridgely, John A., Jr. Gwynne
1998