Please join the San Vito Bird Club this Sunday at 7:00am for a bird walk through the world renown Wilson Botanical Garden (OTS Las Cruces).
Meet at the Recepcion office. Coffee to follow.
Binoculars available as requested.
And please…NO RUNNING!
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:
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.
I hope to see everyone!
Please join us on Sunday, February 18 at the OTS Las Cruces reception building at 7 am for a Bird Walk lasting about an hour. We will have binoculars to share and guides to help with bird IDs. After the walk, we’ll have a social coffee in the Las Cruces dining room.
Reminder: to qualify for the Bird List Competition at our forthcoming Annual Meeting (on Sunday, February 25 at Cascatas del Bosco, starting at 8:00 am), you must send your list of all birds seen or heard from Feb. 14-16 to Julie Girard Woolley @ julgirar@gmail.com. Hopefully tonight, you will hear an owl or a potoo!
See you Sunday! Please bring friends and family; the Walk is free and open to the public.
Fiery-billed Aracari: we will see one or hear one (with any luck at all).
As promised, we have further information about the upcoming Celebratory Annual Meeting 2024!
Traditionally, we’ve had a lively contest among members as to whose bird feeder hosted the most species. Now that feeding wildlife is prohibited by law in Costa Rica (hip hip hooray!), we have a new race to the top for you.
Following in the footsteps of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology’s Big Backyard Count, please add up all the bird species you see or hear from Feb. 14-16 in your home territory. International Members* are invited to participate but no going far afield! Stay home! Count your birds! (We will know if you locals rush off to Guanacaste.)
Please email your list to Julie Girard: julgirar@gmail.com by Feb. 24. That is plenty of time as the cut-off date is Feb. 16. This contest starts tomorrow — Valentine’s Day — so get cracking. Our Secretary-Treasurer Lydia Vogt has a nice prize in mind for you with the longest list!
PS Gray-headed Chachalacas count…….
We also know where this one lives…………..
*If you are competing from afar, please tell Julie where you live when you submit your list. If you win, we’ll need your address to mail the prize.
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 🙂
Please join us for a Bird Walk at the beautiful Wilson Botanical Garden this Sunday! We will meet at the Reception Building at 7:00 am and have binoculars to share and guides to lead us.
Why come? To spend a tranquil free hour, walking leisurely through the plant collections, all the while looking for colorful and fascinating local birds. If you are a Spanish speaker, you can practise your English at the coffee hour that follows the Walk. If you are an English speaker, you can learn some new words in Spanish!
Please bring a small donation for the ladies who make the coffe and wash the cups.
All our Bird Walks are free and open to the public; hope to see you there!
This is a Yellow-throated Toucan, the largest species of the Costa Rican toucan group. They are often seen on our walks and can be heard calling for a very long distance.
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!)
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