Please join us at Cascatas del Bosco this Sunday at 8 AM for the 2024 San Vito Bird Club Annual Meeting! There will be fun games, great prizes (seriously, we have great prizes this year), entertaining talks and great company.

This year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Club with free food for everyone! Although to get in you must be a member. Membership is $30 or 15.000 colones for an individual or $50 or 25.000 colones for a family. Dues are payable at the door in cash or by PayPal HERE. With free food and great prizes how could you NOT come?

The theme of this year’s meeting is the Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) and our keynote speaker, Dr. Alan Poole, will be telling us about the Natural History of one of the world’s most spectacular birds and our relationships with them. His presentation has some great pictures, too. A signed copy of his absolutely lovely book will be one of our fabulous prizes!

Speaking of prizes, everyone will have a chance to win. However, I have been admonished to tell you all that your success in one of the games will depend upon your knowledge. In other words, there will be a test! So, study your eBird and do a quick review of David Sibley’s What It’s Like To Be a Bird if you want to come out on top. Please remember to send the list of birds you saw at your house between February 14-16 to julgirar@gmail.com for an additional chance to win, too.

We are very lucky to have Henry Barrantes coming as well. He will share some of his bird photos and experiences in Coto Brus with us. Since he is one of our best guides, I’m sure he will be able to give you great advice about where, when and how to see some of the beauties of our Cantón.

Of course you will also be hearing from the usual suspects, for good or ill. In any case, we are determined to be brief, very brief, this year 🙂

If you are planning to come, please remember to fill out THIS form, if you haven’t already done so, so we can have enough food for everyone. In addition, if you want to bring anything for the now-tradittional Silent Auction, please show up around 7:30.

I hope to see everyone!