Category: Costa Rica

Day 213: April 29, 2025 – Monteverde, Costa Rica Costa Rica is known as a birding hot spot, and it did not disappoint. A day trip to Curi-Cancha Reserve in the Monteverde Cloud Forest gave me 28 lifers (birds I had not seen before), including two extra-special species, the Resplendent Quetzal and the Three-wattled Bellbird. The Resplendent Quetzal is a stunningly beautiful bird with brilliant blue and green plumage. It was my target bird for Guatemala (where I thought I had the best chance of spotting it). So…

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