Please come to the bird walk this Sunday at the Wilson Botanical Gardens We’ll meet at the reception at 7 AM. All the good birders are out of town so you’re stuck with me, Peter. Maybe we’ll get to see the family of Scarlett-thighed Dacnis again. There will be binoculars available as usual.
Por favor venga al jardín botánico Wilson este domingo a las 7 para una caminata para ver aves. Todos los pajareros buenos están de viaje, pues tendrán que lidiar conmigo, Pedro. Tal vez veamos la familia de Dacnis tan bonita. Reuniremos a la recepción a las 7. Habrá binoculares como siempre.
Please join us for a Nature/Bird Walk this weekend at the beautiful Wilson Botanical Garden (also known as ‘Las Cruces’). We will meet at 7:00 am at the Reception Center and, as always, we’ll have binoculars to lend and a guide to lead.
The walk usually takes about an hour; after that we have a sociable Coffee Hour in the dining room. If you feel expansive, bring a few colones to leave for the kitchen ladies who have to wash our cups and saucers.
Common Tody-Flycatcher, photographer unknown.
It’s a fun way to spend the morning! We look forward to seeing you there!
Please join us for a bird walk this Sunday at the Wilson Botanical Garden. We’ll meet at the Reception at 7 AM as usual. There are so many insects around right now that the birds have been going nuts!
Habrá una caminata para ver aves este domingo al jardín botánico Wilson. Reuniremos a la Recepción a las 7 AM como siempre. ¡Hay tantos bichos actualmente que los pájaros se ponen locos! Espero verles para allá.
The event on Sunday to celebrate the life of Pablo Ortiz was very inspiring for me. Many stories were shared about how one man through hard work, kindness, and a clear vision of what needed to be done helped and inspired so many people. I just wanted to share the following blog post written by Gail Hull back in 2015 about Pablo’s life and work with the Nöbe.
La conmemoración de la vida del Dr. Ortiz el domingo fue muy inspirador para mí. Muchas de las historias contaron como un hombre valiente, amable, con una visión clara de lo que debe de hacer y, sí, jupón puede afectar la vidas de tantas personas y cambiarlas la vida a algunas. Quiero compartir este Blog que escribió Gail Hull, la exdueña de la Finca Cántaros, en 2015 sobre la vida de Pablo y su trabajo con la Nöbe.
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!
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