Please join the San Vito Bird Club on Sunday, March 9th at 7:00am, for our regular Bird Walk. Meet at the Wilson Botanical Garden (OTS Las Cruces) recepcion office. Binos and experienced guides provided…as always, no charge.
Sorry for the short notice but sometimes, whatta-ya-gonna-do?
Baird’s Trogon, female. Photo courtesy of Helen LeVasseur.
Please join the San Vito Players theater group for our presentation of:
‘Inside ROY G. BIV’; a one-act play (about 35 minutes worth).
Cascata del Bosco–Saturday, March 8th at 5:00pm and a matinee on Sunday, March 9th at 12:30pm.
This event is free to all, suitable for kids. Your support of Cascata del Bosco (in the form of beverages and food) is always appreciated.
Many, many thanks to everyone who attended the 2025 San Vito Bird Club Annual Meeting. Great fun, great fellowship, great sharing of experiences.
Juan Carlos Mena Burgos (shown below) gave us a great talk on the future of tourism in Coto Brus; hint…it’s pretty exciting, oh yeah.
Maria Sandi (shown below) and Dr. Lilly Briggs shared with us the excitement that comes with learning the art/science of bird banding and of reminding us about the importance of Citizen Science.
The wonderful…amazing…skillful Aleman family!
Bonus Photo (totally unrelated to the San Vito Bird Club)
The speedy and powerful Paul Guindon, proudly displays his four aces during our regular Sunday afternoon poker game.
We are now within the confines of the of week Feb. 23-March 2.
A WEEK UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
During this very week the San Vito Bird Club asks all members to count bird species they see while sitting on their porch.
Sure, this sounds exhausting but…
…if you come to our Annual Meeting (Sunday March 2nd from 7:30am to around noon at Cascata del Bosco) AND if your list of porch birds has the most species, AND if you get that list turned in to Alison, Peter, Lydia or Greg before 8:00am, AND if we can read it, AND if you stick around till the end of the meeting (right before your complimentary brunch!)………
You’ll win a PRIZE! Perhaps not a devastatingly exotic or life-changing prize but a prize nonetheless.
The bragging rights for winning this contest?
PRICELESS.
First of all, be sure to join the San Vito Bird Club for annual meeting on Sunday, March 2nd…8:00am at Cascata del Bosco. You must be a member to attend but you may pay you dues at the door. See our previous post for more into, link below.
Next…you are encouraged to participate in a contest:
The Backyard Bird Contest and here are the rules:
From Sunday, Feb. 23rd to Sunday March 2nd (the day of the meeting) identify as many bird species as you can.
BUT, you must do your identifying from your house/dwelling. In other words, do your spotting from your front porch, back porch, bedroom window or roof for that matter. You must in physical contact with your home to add to your list.
Bring a copy of your Backyard Bird List to annual meeting and if you win, some sort of prize will be yours…yours…yours
Hope to see you there.
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.
Please join the San Vito Bird Club this Sunday (February 9th) at 7am for a bird walk about the spectacular grounds of the Wilson Botanical Garden.
If you have never been on one of these bird walks:
*Entrance to the Garden is free.
*Binoculars are provided.
*Experienced birders will assist in identifying the many species of colorful birds, butterflies and plants.
*Meet at the RECEPCION office at 7am.
*Coffee and social time follows the walk, which generally ends about 9-9:30.
We hope you can join us.
Photo courtesy of Helen LeVasseur.
Our good friend Karina Lopez and her staff at Los Chocuacos Tourist Center are hosting an informative and important lecture from author Maria Alejandra Maglianesi. Information included below:
https://forms.gle/dZtmsYx1uPAZKeur9
Attached below is a link to an eBird article listing name changes to several Costa Rican birds.
https://ebird.org/region/CR/post/taxonomy-update-2024-is-here
Remember a while back…a lengthy article we posted about taxonomic name changes involving getting rid of bird names that were named after people–people who might be flawed? Remember that?
This ain’t it.
But hey…the House Wren getting turned in to seven different species is rather cunning.
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