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Costa Rican Birding Adventure
by Ned C. Hill
This is a story of a birding adventure taken by ten Utah County Birders to
Costa Rica, March 6-16, 2003,
where they saw over 300 species. Bryan
and Dennis Shirley were the trip leaders.
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Bryan, LeIla, Scott, Carol Jean, Tuula, Alton, Tom, Milt, Ned (Dennis shot
the photo)
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Part One:
Pacific Slope
Part Two:
The Monteverde Cloud Forest
Part Three: The Arenal
Volcano Area
Part Four: Selva Verde and
La Selva
Part Five: Poas Volcano Area
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Costa Rica
Where else …
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nCould
you see 10 lifers in about 30 seconds?
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Do they have
more species of birds than all of North
America in an area half the size of Utah?
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Could you
drive a few miles over the continental divide and
find a whole different world of flora and fauna?
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Can you hope
to see 27 hummingbirds, 22 tanagers, 9
woodpeckers, 13 woodcreepers, 4 trogons, 12 wrens and
2 toucans in little over a week?
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nCan
you see 300 species of birds in 9 days in a very pleasant,
friendly environment?
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Copyright 2003 © Ned C. Hill – All
Rights Reserved
The photographs in this article can be used only with permission of the
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