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March 22, 2019 by Kurt Buzard

Birdwatching at the Paraiso Quetzal Lodge in Costa Rica

The Paraiso Quetzal Lodge in Costa Rica

Paraiso Quetzal Lodge in Costa Rica

Situated among the mist-covered peaks of the Talamanca Mountains, Los Quetzales National Park was established in 2006. This park lies 47 miles southeast of San Jose, and you can easily reach this park from Manuel Antonio on the Pacific Ocean. From Jacó it’s about a two-hour trip. The entrance to the park is on Cerro de la Muerte, just before the turnoff for San Gerardo de Dota. Most of the park area is around the both side of the Savegre river that emerges in the Cerro de la Muerte and connects to the Pacific Ocean close to the Manuel Antonio National Park. it is surrounded by natural rainforest, breathtaking waterfalls, and beautiful canyons. This park includes not only rainforests but also cloud forests, formed by the collision of warm, moist Caribbean trade wind with the Talamanca mountain range which stretches from southwest of San José to beyond the border with Panama. When tiny droplets are deposited on surfaces before they collect together and fall as rain it’s called horizontal precipitation and in cloud forests it can be the main source of moisture. Peaks enveloped by trade wind-derived clouds can capture huge amounts of water when they are covered with tropical montane cloud forests. Their sponge-like epiphytes (mosses, ferns and bromeliads) massively increase the surface area for horizontal precipitation. Vibrantly colored, from the miniature to the gigantic, Los Quetzales flora is some of the most beautiful in the world. There seemingly endless tropical flower species and even orchids. Many can be found growing wild on the trunks of giant trees.
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Filed Under: Birds, Costa Rica, Hotels and Lodges Tagged With: Birds, Birdwatching, Black-Billed Nightingale-Thrush, Clay-Colored Thrush, Cloud Forest, Collared Redstart, Collared Whitestart, Costa Rica, Fiery-Throated Hummingbird, Flowers, Fuschia, Fuschia boliviana, Fushcia ‘Sir Matt Busby’, Hairy Woodpecker, Hotel, House Sparrow, Hummingbird Feeders, Hummingbird Fuchsia, hummingbirds, Large Footed Finch, Lesser Violetear, Los Quetzales National Park, Paniculate Fuchsia, Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, photographs, Pictures, Red Kniphobia, Resplendent Quetzal, Review, Scenery, Slaty Flowerpiercer, Sooty Thrush, Talamanca Hummingbird, Yellow & Pink Costa Rican Thistle

January 24, 2019 by Kurt Buzard

Birdwatching Around Denver Colorado in the Winter

Female Downey Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) on an Apple Tree in Lakewood, Colorado

Female Downey Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) on an Apple Tree in Lakewood, Colorado

Since I visited Denver recently to visit my mother, I decided to indulge in a bit of winter birding to get her out of the house. Although many people like to look for birds in the summer, when the weather is nice, winter allows you a unique opportunity to actually see the birds without the cover of leaves. As winter snows fall many mountain dwelling species of birds will come down into the valleys and even into cities in the winter. Moreover, species from north of the US/Canada border fly down into the areas where winter is milder, even to Denver as it turns out. The purpose of this post is not to be inclusive, just the the birds I found in a few favorite places. I grew up in Colorado and learned about nature from my late father who was an avid outdoorsman. He would have enjoyed getting out and viewing the birds on display in the nearby parks.
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Filed Under: Animals, Aquariums and Zoos, Birds, Colorado Tagged With: American Goldfinch, American Robin, Barr Lake, Barr Lake State Park, Belmar Park, BIF, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, Bird Feeders, Bird Nests, bird photography, Birding, Birds in Flight, Birdwatching, Black-billed Magpie, Black-Capped Chickadee, Brighton, Canadian Geese, Cassin’s Finch, Colorado, Common Goldeneye Duck, Dark-Eyed Junco, Denver, Downey Woodpecker, Eagle Statue, European Starling, Fox Squirrel, Hairy Woodpecker, House Finch, House Sparrow, Immature Mallard Ducks, Lakewood, Mallard Ducks, Ring-Billed Gulls, Sloan Lake, Sloans Lake, Trails, White-Breasted Nuthatch

April 2, 2018 by Kurt Buzard

Beautiful Birds in Sierra Vista Arizona

White-Winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

White-Winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

I got a new Sony camera about a month ago and decided to visit Sierra Vista Arizona to try it out on the beautiful birds that I have heard about. Southeastern Arizona is an eco-crossroad with five life zones within five miles. Habitats and species from the Sierra Madres of Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, and the Sonora and Chihuahuan deserts can all be found in these “Sky Islands.” The bird watching and wildlife viewing areas are world-renowned. The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area has nearly 40 miles of riparian/riverbank vegetation and this 56,000-acre area is teeming with plant and animal life. The San Pedro River’s cottonwood-shaded corridor provides critical stopover habitat for millions of migrating birds each year. It is one of only two major rivers that flow north out of Mexico into the United States and is one of the last large undammed rivers in the Southwest. The San Pedro River basin is home to 84 species of mammals, 14 species of fish and 41 species of reptiles and amphibians. It has been said that over half of all the breeding species of birds can be seen in this area.

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Filed Under: Animals, Aquariums and Zoos, Arizona, Birds Tagged With: Arizona, Arizona Gray Squirrel, Birding, Birds, Birdwatching, Cactus Wren, Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, Gila Woodpecker, House Finch, House Sparrow, Lesser Goldfinch, Migratory, Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal, Pine Siskin, Pyrrhuloxia, Riparian, San Pedro River, Sierra Vista, Song Sparrow, Vermillion Flycatcher, Western Purple Finch, White Crowned Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-Rumped Warbler

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