Please join us this Sunday for a special event. We will begin with a bird walk at 7 AM at the Wilson Gardens. We’ll meet at the reception. Afterwards those who wish can go to the Cascata del Bosco just down the road for a celebration of the life of Dr. Pablo Ortiz who died on the 14th of this month. He touched many lives in Coto Brus and had many friends here. The celebration begins at 9 AM. I hope to see you all there!
Este domingo tendremos un evento muy especial. Empezamos con una caminata para ver aves a las 7 AM al jardín botánico Wilson. Nos reuniremos a la recepción. Después, los que quieren pueden ir a la Cascata del bosco casi al la par del jardín para la celebración de la vida del Doctor Pablo Ortiz quien se murió el 14 de julio. Él tuvo un impacto muy importante en la vida de muchos cotobruseños y tuvo muchos amigos aquí. La celebración empiece a las 9 AM. Espero verles todos allá.
We’re going to try to find some birds this Sunday at the Wilson Botanical Gardens. Maybe the giant moths have returned, too. We’ll meet at the the Reception at 7 AM. There’ll be binoculares and too much chit-chat as well 🙂
El domingo buscaremos algunas aves al jardín botánico Wilson. ¡Ojalá que la polilla gigante también se encuentre! Nos vemos a la recepción a las 7. Habrá binoculares y demasiados chismes, temo 🙂
Please join us at the Wilson Botanical Gardens tomorrow at 7 AM for a Bird Walk in honor of the return of Greg and Helen! They just got back the other day and couldn’t wait to go on a walk and see everyone again. We’ll meet at the Reception. There’ll be binoculares as usual. See you there!
Por el regreso de Greg y Helen habrá una caminata para ver aves mañana al jardín botánico Wilson a las 7 AM. Reuniremos a la Recepción. Ellos no pudieron esperar otra semana par encontrar sus amigos sin y con alas. Habrá binoculares como siempre. ¡Nos vemos entonces!
We’ll have our first post-annual meeting walk this Sunday at the Wilson Botanical Gardens. I’ll see you all at the Reception at 7 AM with binoculars for those who don’t have them. Some of the big-wigs will be away so let’s show’em whose boss. 60 species is the goal!!! Or just a nice time…
Habrá la primera caminata después de la asamblea el próximo domingo al jardín botánico Wilson. Nos reuniremos a las 7 a la Recepción. Tendré binoculares para los que los ocupen. Varios de los “papa grandes” no estarán, pues tenemos que mostralos quienes son lo más grande. ¡¡¡60 especies es la meta!!! o tal vez una caminata bonita…
We had a lovely day for the meeting! It was wonderful to see so many people come out in support of the San Vito Bird Club and to simply enjoy each other’s company.
After Alison Olivieri, one of our founding members and President Emeritus, presented her fascinating and humbling account of the 20 history of the Club to a very attentive audience, as can be see above, I proceeded to put them all back to sleep with some off-the-cuff ramblings before getting down to what I was supposed to talk about — Club Business.
Although we have stopped directly administering the Detectives de Aves program, we are very involved in the community. Last year we provided financial and logistical support to:
The Wilson Botanical Gardens for their Open House during which we had the chance to promote birding and Detectives de Aves to our neighbors while chatting and doing all of the important and irreplaceable “work” of getting to know people in person.
The Finca Cántaros Environmental Association for the Migratory Birds Festival. For the third year in a row we provided financial support for the young people’s Drawing Contest.There were over 60 entries from all over the country. Yours truly was also one of the judges — much to the chagrin of the other judges.
The Christmas Bird Count. The San Vito Bird Club, OTS, The rural tourism cooperative, TURIBRUS, and the Finca Cántaros Environmental Association joined efforts once again to sponsor, promote and organize the official Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count. We had 50 birders participating from all over the country and abroad. After only 3 years this count has become one of the most successful in the country and we have plans to expand it to include even more micro-climates in the area. Coto Brus really is a birder’s paradise. They will soon be beating down our doors to participate in the count. Seriously.
I have been involved as a representative of the Club with TURIBRUS which is on the verge of opening up the Pittier entrance to the Amistad International Park to legal tourism. This is very important for us since birds are one of the main attractions there, and legal, responsible and sustainable tourism one of the ways to protect them while bringing much needed income to the area. The Club will have a role in helping to promote and improve these efforts.
And of course we held LOTS of free bird walks!!
Well that was more than I said at the meeting, so you all reading this now know more than those who came to the meeting about what we’ve been doing. That’ll teach me to go off-script!
With your continuing support, effort and friendship we can have another wonderful 20 years. I hope I am here, meaning still alive, to see the 40th anniversary of the San Vito Bird Club and I hope you are too!
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.
We will be holding the Annual Meeting of the San Vito Bird Club on Sunday, February 25th at the Cascatas del Bosque. This year is a celebration to mark the 20th anniversary of the Club! To celebrate this landmark the food and coffee will be free for everyone! More details about the meeting will be forthcoming. We have also simplified our dues. There is now only one price for Resident and International members:
$30 or 15.000 colones for an Individual
$50 or 25.000 colones for a Family
Remember that the meeting is open to members only.
Dues are payable at the door the day of the meeting. If you would like to pay in advance in by PayPal please use this LINK. You can also pay by SINPE móvil to Peter’s number in colones only. Just send an email to vp@sanvitobirdclub.org if you don’t have the number. I don’t want to post it on a public website.
Please let us know if you are planning to attend by filling out THIS form. We really need to know how many people will be coming so we can plan the food accordingly.
We hope to see you there!
THERE WILL BE NO BIRD WALK THIS WEEKEND! We are slaving away on preparations for the Annual Meeting 🙂
We failed miserably to reach 45 species last Sunday. The shame is so overwhelming that we have decided to try again this week so we can put it all behind us. Sooo, let’s meet again at 7 AM at the Wilson Botanical Garden Reception. All eyes and ears are needed. (Seriously, we don’t care about the count. Just come and have fun!)
Sufrimos un fracasototal la semana pasada. Apenas vimos algunas 30 y pico especies. La vergüenza es tal que decidimos intentar otra vez esta semana para quitar la memoria del cerebro. Pues, reuniremos este domingo a las 7 a la Recepción del jardín botánico Wilson. ¡Ocupamos todos los ojos y ooids posibles, evidentemente! (La verdad es que estamos muy tranquilos respecto al conteo. ¡Venga y disfrute el día, no más!)
So, two weeks ago we counted 38 species. Last week we saw 41. This week we’re shooting for 45. Be there or be…not there. Please join us a 7 AM this Sunday at the Reception of the Wilson Botanical Garden and we’ll see what we see.
Hace 2 semanas vimos 38 especies. La semana pasada fueron 41. ¡Este domingo ocupamos ver 45! Si quiere ayudar venga al jardín botánico Wilson a las 7. Reuniremos a la recepción. ¡Nos vemos entonces, ojalá!
Since last week was so popular, we’ve decided to do it again! Please join us at the Wilson Botanical Gardens this Sunday for a Bird Walk. We’ll meet at the reception at 7 AM and there will be binoculars! Let’s see if we can beat last week’s 38 species.
Porque la semana pasada fue un éxito enorme, ¡decidimos hacerlo otra vez! Habrá otra caminata para ver aves este doming al jardín botánico Wilson. Nos reuniremos a las 7 a la recepción y tendré los binoculares listos…ojalá. Intentaremos sobrepasar las 38 especies que hemos visto el domingo pasado.
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