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.

Please join the San Vito Bird Club for our regular Sunday Bird Walk on Oct. 6th. Meet Greg and Helen at their place, El Tangaral, at 7:00am. Park alongside either of the two gates or just inside the property.

A comfortable walk going down and back up the driveway should bring a number of charismatic local and migrant bird species (and possibly monkeys). Time and weather permitting, we will then proceed across the El Tangaral upper garden to the renowned Magic Road for a short walk.

This walk should conclude about 9:00am. Binoculars and guides are available and as always…there is no charge.

Hope to see you at El Tangaral.

White-faced Monkey and Silver-throated Tanager; photos courtesy of Helen LeVasseur

Please join the San Vito Bird Club for a very special guided Bird Walk at Finca Cantaros (Finca Cantaros Environmental Association). Meet outside the green gate at 7:00am, on Sunday, Sept 22. There is no charge for this walk but donations to Cantaros are always welcome.

If you have walked the trails of Finca Cantaros before, you already know…it’s spectacular.

If this walk will be your first visit, you will find:

*Great biodiversity–bird life, plant life and butterflies.

*Laguna Zoncho–a picturesque lake. Water birds are often seen.

*Easy walking trails…custom pollinator gardens…panoramic views.

As always, binoculars available as needed. Hope you can join us.

Blue-winged/Green-winged Teal hybrid (aka ‘The Magic Duck’). Photo courtesy of David A. Rodriguez.

Please join us, the San Vito Bird Club, for another Sunday birdwalk at the Wilson Botanical Garden on Sept. 8th. Meet up at the Recepcion office at 7am. As always, these walks are free-free-free. First timers are welcome. Binoculars, guide books and actual naturalists are available for your use.

Southern migrant birds are now trickling back to their southern home! And by ‘trickling’ I’m not referring to those pesky spots you see on your car…JA-JA-JA.

Rendering of some northern migrant bird, courtesy of Greg Homer

Please join the San Vito Bird Club, at 7:00am on Sunday, Aug. 25 for our regular Wilson Garden Bird Walk. Meet up at the recepcion office where our odyssey will begin. Need binoculars? We’ll provide them.

This Sunday is the last Sunday in August, which doesn’t mean a damn thing…I’m just making small talk. But the northern migrant birds traditionally start to arrive in Sept, so…

Coffee and social time will follow in the Comedor. Hope to see you there; everyone welcome.

Bird drawing, courtesy of Greg Homer

Please join the San Vito Bird Club this Sunday, May 12th, for a Bird Walk down in Tres Rios. Approximately twelve Crested Oropendola nests are to be found in a tall Poro tree. These nests are actively attended by both Ma and Pa Oropendola. What’s going on inside the nests? Eggs…chicks…what? Let’s see if we can find out.

Meet me, Greg Homer, at the Motola Bakery between 6:30 and 7:00 am (enjoy a coffee and a doughnut if you wish). At 7:01 we’ll drive down to the site. Bring a folding chair if you’d like but I’ll have a few extra. This is a wonderful birding site and we will also be walking along the Tres Rios road, watching and listening for other bird species.

Perhaps, following the walk we should return to the Motola Bakery for what is…according to San Vito Bird Club founder Alison Olivieri…the BEST GALLO PINTO in Coto Brus!

Hope to see you there. As always, binoculars available as needed.

Crested Oropendola (minimalist interpretation, artist Greg Homer)