Author Archives: Peter Wendell

It’s Annual Meeting Time!!

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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!

The 2024 Annual Meeting is Upon Us!

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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 🙂

Bird Walk This Sunday / Caminata para ver aves este domingo

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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 fracaso total 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!)

Bird Walk This Sunday! / ¡Caminata para ver aves el domingo!

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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!

Yet Another Bird Walk / ¡Caminamos otra vez!

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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.

Bird Walk This Sunday! / ¡Caminata para ver aves este domingo!

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So I lied. There will be another bird walk this year! We’ll meet this Sunday at 7AM at the WBG reception to bid goodbye to 2023 and say hello to Swallow-tailed Kites who just got back. I hope to see you there!

Pues, yo mentí. Habrá otra caminata este año. Reuniremos este domingo a las 7 AM al recepción del jardín botánico Wilson para despedir al año 2023 y saludar a los Gavilanes Tijeras que acaban de volver al país. ¡Espero verles allá!

Bird Walk This Sunday! / ¡Caminata para ver aves este domingo!

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Please join us for the last bird walk of 2023 this Sunday at the Wilson Botanical Gardens. We’ll meet at the Reception at 7 AM and, hopefully, see lots of birdies if we can keep from talking up a storm. There will be binoculars available as always.

Por favor venga al jardín botánico Wilson este domingo para la última caminata del año. Nos reunimos al la Recepción a las 7 AM. Esperamos ver un montón de aves si podríamos dejar de platicar de vez en cuando… Habrá binoculares disponibles como siempre.

Bird Walk This Sunday/¡Caminata para ver aves este domingo!

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Please join us for a post Turkey Day bird walk this Sunday at the Wilson Botanical Gardens. We’ll meet at the Reception at 7 AM to celebrate the fact that the nearest mall or “Big Box” store is at least 200 kms away by enjoying the, hopefully, beautiful morning looking for birds. See you there!

Por favor venga este domingo al jardín botánico Wilson para una caminata para ver aves. Reuniremos a la recepción a las 7 para celebrar el hecho que el mall mas cerca está muy lejos por disfrutar del clima muy bonito y las aves aun más bonitas, ojalá. ¡Nos vemos entonces!

A Special Bird Walk This Sunday / Una caminata única este domingo

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Please join us for a special bird walk this Sunday. We will be meeting up with some of our neighbors from San Joaquín in celebrating their festival. We will take a 3 KM walk into the mountain above the town where we will see birds, mammals, lots of plants, etc. It will be a fun change of pace and a chance to meet some new people. We will be meeting at the Catholic Church in San Joaquín at 7 AM. There will be a limited number of binoculars available. Please come!

Por favor únase con nosotros este domingo para una caminata con los vecinos de San Joaquín. Como parte de la festival cultural habrá una caminata de 3 kms por la montaña por arriba del pueblito. Veremos aves, mamíferos, plantas, etc. mientras disfrutamos de la conversación. Reuniremos a la iglesia católica de San Joaquín a las 7 AM. ¡Va a ser muy divertido y un cambio de ritmo! Habrá algunos binoculares disponibles.

Bird Walk This Sunday! / ¡Caminata para ver aves el próximo domingo!

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Please join us for a bird walk this Sunday at the Wilson Botanical Gardens. We’ll meet at the Reception at 7:00 AM. As always there will be binoculars available. Afterwards, we can have coffee and conversation in the dinning room. I hope to see you there!

Por favor venga al jardín botánico Wilson el domingo 2 de julio para una caminata pajarera. Nos reuniremos a la recepción a las 7 AM y habrá binoculares disponibles como siempre. Después podríamos tomar un cafecito y platicar en el comedor. ¡Espero verles entonces!