Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or in the Land of Coffee and Chocolate On that glorious day, I observed ten critically endangered birds, representing 8% of their Costa Rican, or 2% of their global population!! But, let’s start at the beginning. In my previous post…

In my previous post, I dealt with #RanchoNaturalista Lodge itself and #birding within their private #CostaRica reserve. Now, I’ll move away from it, visiting nearby lakes and rivers with Rancho in-house guides Mercedes and Harry, and our driver Daniel behind ...
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#Birding #RanchoNaturalista Lodge, #CostaRica, private premontane forest reserve @ 900m asl (Caribbean foothills biome), 500sp—over 50% of the nation’s total, incl. #Snowcap, Black-crested Coquette, White-crowned Manakin, up to 140sp/morning; nearby #IrazuVolcano NP
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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or When Harry Met Mercedes After a heavy pre-dawn rain, the morning was all misty and mysterious. I was greeted by omnipresent Grey-headed Chachalacas running with such a focused determination, resembling those small…

Overlooking riverine forests and coffee farms of the Tuis River valley, the #RanchoNaturalista Lodge is the perfect introduction to #birding #CostaRica: relaxed place, serving locally sourced gourmet food and you have to shovel birds off the path to pass through
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#Birding #CostaRica 🦜 941sp, 4 mainland #endemics, plus 47 near-endemics shared with Panama & Nicaraqua, 350sp/2weeks, 488sp on an 8-day bird race in Oct2017, 600sp/month; 500+ sp. 🦜 #RanchoNaturalista, #ArenalObservatoryLodge, Braulio Carrillo NP, La Selva; Dec-Mar, shoulder seasons Aug-Nov Feb-May

#Birding #RanchoNaturalista Lodge, #CostaRica: premontane forest reserve @ 900m asl, 7km of trails &500sp: hummingbird feeders for Black-crested Coquette &Violet Sabrewing, Rufous Motmot, Spotted Antbird, Lovely Cotinga, White-c. Manakin lek; up to 140sp/morning
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Down the hill in the owner's garden, I'm guessing. It's where we saw our Snowcaps. Fabulous place, lovely owner, great guides. #RanchoNaturalista

#Birding 🦜 #RanchoNaturalista Lodge / Turrialba Valley 🦥 #CostaRica 🌴 provides access to some of the best middle elevation forest on the Caribbean slope: start your morning with a coffee & sweets observing #Snowcap, then #gobirding the nearby La Angostura Lake
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