Have you ever purchased any San Vito Bird Club merchandise? Ever logged onto the sanvitobirdclub.org website? Of course you have…that’s how you got here. The San Vito Bird Club ‘Logo Bird’ was there…staring back at you (see below).

Back some years ago when the speedy and powerful Alison Olivieri formed the San Vito Bird Club, she and some close colleagues were trying to determine, ‘…which of the many San Vito bird species should we choose to represent our Club.’

The Turquoise Cotinga became the ultimate choice; a bird of rare beauty and even rarer number of sitings. The Turquoise Cotinga lives around here, yes it does. Personally, I have seen it only once in Coto Brus…on the Magic Road.

And so, when an opportunity to view a Turquoise Cotinga presented itself, we braved the one-hour bus ride to Palmira (with Sur Trips) and the 6am departure time and took off.

There is no reason to delay the payoff any longer. We had great viewings of both male and female Turquoise Cotingas. As you can see, the Turquoise Cotinga is primarily a fruit-eating bird and is very partial to Aguacatillo (little avocados) fruits.

We also viewed 44 other species of birds before sitting down to our wonderful breakfast.

Even where they live, the Turquoise Cotinga is not a common bird; but if you’d like a good chance to see one and experience a very nice outing to the scenic Palmira site please contact Sur Trips:

surtrips.com

Or if you know our good friend and local supporter of the San Vito Bird Club, Henry Barrantes, ask about this trip. Or any of his other great excursions.

ps: Here’s one way to know your hosts are very dedicated to birding.