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Birding Pipeline Road

Before I left home I had spent a happy few hours scanning ebird hotspots and looking at some of the places I might visit. A rash of red spots crossing the central Panama belt caught my attention and led me to investigate Pipeline Road. An area close to Panama City but rich in resident and…

Birding Bocas del Torro

We have moved on to Panama and just had a week diving the wrecks and reefs here. But we also took a day out to go birding visiting three key locations by boat – Changuinola Canal, Boca del Rio Changuinola and Isla Pajaros (Bird Island). We had arranged a boat captain (Enrique) and guide (Stacy)…

Rich wildlife around Arenal

Our last post from the rich nature wonderland of Costa Rica focuses on birding around the Arenal Volcano. We had quite mixed weather including lots of rain but we were still pleased to see a range of birds and other wildlife. Arenal Observatory Lodge We had a very wet soggy morning at Arenal Observatory Lodge.…

Photography Feeders of North East Costa Rica

We continue our adventure through Costa Rica and this time we are travelling through the Arenal and La Selva birding regions. This region is particularly rich in photography hide setups so I will be reviewing a few of these in this post. A great resource for Costa Rica is Ground Cuckoo Hotspots although I booked…

Carara served three ways

If you go to an excellent restaurant you might find a dish on the menu which is Pork/Beef/Carrot/Asparagus (take your pick) “served three ways”. One or more of the offerings will look and taste nothing like the aforementioned ingredient which apparantly shows how clever the chef must be. Well in this post I offer the…

Birding the Talamanca Highlands

Moving on through the natural wonderland of Costa Rica we have moved into the Talamanca Mountains and the area around Los Quetzales National Park and the San Gerado D’ota Valley. These mountains which form the southern spine of Costa Rica and continue into Panama have a high number of regional endemics, birds only found here…