Tag Archives: Birding San Vito Costa Rica

Name That Red: a New Birding Challenge!

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Introducing a Brand New Contest

You send us a list of all the birds you can think of with red-related names.

Rule #1: have to be real birds

Rule #2: doesn’t matter how weird the color sounds as long as it’s kinda red

Ready? Set? GO!

We will wait a week from the first submission and then announce the winner. A local winner will be treated to a fancy barista-type coffee; an international winner will receive some local coffee in the mail.

HONORABLE MENTION: The Bird FKA Cherrie’s Tanager — don’t even try this one; let us introduce you to George Kruck Cherrie (1865-1948) who endured upwards of 40 Central and South American expeditions, including Theodore Roosevelt’s South American Expedition of 1913-14. From 1889-1897, he worked as a bird curator at the Costa Rica National Museum in San Jose (!) and the Field Museum in Chicago . . . there’s more — he was busy.

Reminder: Bird Walk Tomorrow!

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Don’t forget to join us for a Bird Walk at the Wilson Botanical Garden tomorrow — Sunday, June 22 at 7 am.

We will meet at the Reception Building and have binoculars to lend you and your friends.

The walk will take at least an hour; after that we’ll have coffee and a ‘social hour’ at the Las Cruces Dining Room. You never know — there might be cake!

Hope to see you there!

We’ll probably see one of these amazing birds — a Fiery-billed Aracari, endemic to southern Costa Rica and Panama.

Come for a Bird Walk on Sunday, June 22!

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We will wait for you at the Las Cruces Biological Station Reception Building at 7:00 am.

As usual, we’ll have binoculars to lend plus birds to see and hear.

After the walk — about an hour — we’ll have coffee and a social hour in the Dining Room.

Cake may appear — you never know!

If you would like to join the Bird Club for 2025, please bring $40 or C 20,000 for an individual or $50 (C 25,000) for a family. Thank you in advance for your support!

Bird Walk! Sunday, May 25!

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Join us for another May Bird Walk next Sunday, the 25th! Fingers crossed we will see this beauty while we look around for an hour of natural history:

Brown-hooded Parrot, photo by Alison Olivieri.

As usual, we will meet at the Reception Building at 7:00 am and have binoculars to lend.

The Walk is free and open to the public, so bring all your friends and neighbors. We’ll have a social chat after the walk with coffee and (maybe) some cake!

Hope to see you there!

Quiz Bird!

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Well, well, it has been some time since we have put up a Quiz Bird for you!

It is hard to resist this one as it is: 1) too far away, 2) unlikely positioning and 3) a terrible view. Nonetheless, please send your guesses to: alison.w.olivieri@gmail.com — you might win something!

Here’s a hint: these birds were found on the grounds of the Colegio CTP Umberto Melloni in San Vito about two weeks ago.

Watch this spot for a Bird Walk announcement later this week. It will be Sunday morning, as usual, and we hope to see you there.

Sunday Morning Bird Walk!

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Take advantage of the morning sun and join us for a guided Bird Walk this Sunday, May 11, at Las Cruces/Wilson Botanical Garden.

We will meet at the Reception Building at 7:00 am and have binoculars to share.

This walk is free and open to the public, so please bring your friends, neighbors and family.

We have an excellent chance to see AND hear the beautiful Streak-headed Woodcreeper while we are there.

This photo was taken by Helen LeVasseur.

Coffee and social hour follow the Bird Walk — come one, come all!

Spring Holiday Walk!

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Please join us for a Bird Walk this Sunday, April 20, at 7 am — we’ll meet at the Reception Building at OTS/Las Cruces/ Wilson Botanical Garden.

The weather is and has been amazingly beautiful for several weeks and we can’t believe our luck. Birds are in breeding plumage — some are feeding young — and butterflies are skittering along from one flower to the next in all their glory! In fact, bring your butterfly book, why not?

The Walk is free, open to the public and we have binoculars to lend.

Hope to see you there.

And no, despite this image we are not going to peer into birds’ nests, just watch them coming and going…….

Upcoming Art and Nature Events: Saturday and Sunday

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On our last Bird Walk (Sunday, January 12) we were surprised and delighted to have seen a White-winged Tanager. These beautiful birds stay high in the canopy and are easy to miss, but this one was lower than usual and gave us a thrill.

Photo by Charlie Gomez

This Sunday (January 26), we will have another Bird Walk at the Wilson Botanical Garden/OTS Las Cruces Biological Research Station, at 7:00 am. As usual, we’ll meet at the Reception building and have binoculars to lend. Who knows what wonder awaits — this is why we go!

Dinner to Support the Arts

From natural beauty and art to created beauty and art, please make a reservation for a fundraising dinner at Cascata del Bosco on Saturday, January 25 to support the forthcoming Arts Fest Coto Brus 2025. Go to the website: http://www.artsfestcotobrus.com or use WhatsApp +1 (970) 759-9262 to reserve your dinner choice. In addition, music to dine by will be provided by Roger Madison — a wonderful evening is in store

And here is the White-winger Tanager again, from a different angle (because we just can’t get enough of this bird…..):

Another photo from Charlie Gomez

A Post to Welcome 2025

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We look forward to a New Year with its accompanying opportunities, challenges, frights and gifts.

Thank you for your interest in the San Vito Bird Club and your support over the years. Our new motto is: Let’s Survive 2025!

Yesterday, we had a wonderful Bird Walk at the Las Cruces Biological Research Station’s Wilson Botanical Garden. Highlights included two Swallow-tailed Kites, South American migrants who return each year to nest; a brilliant Baltimore Oriole; a young, male Summer Tanager in transition plumage — from yellow to orange to red — and a Wedge-tailed Woodcreeper! (Considering we started in a damp, thick fog, things went our way in the end.)

Additionally, two outstanding members — Anna Bilberry and Terry Farling — brought baked goods to share at the Coffee Hour. Yum yum and thank you!

Please join us whenever and however you can.

P.S. We’ll update you shortly on our efforts to support travel for María Sandi and Alisson Vargas to Bird Banding Training in the Dominican Republic — life-changing for them and uplifting for us. We proudly work on this project with the Finca Cántaros Environmental Association.

Bird Walk on Sunday, November 17

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Take Two: we will try again this Sunday for a Bird Walk — wish us luck!

Our last attempt was two weeks ago and we were chased away by rain (continuing to fall as I write . . .).

In between drops, however, birds and butterflies are still about so please meet us at the Las Cruces Reception Building at 7:00 am.

We’ll be there for the usual free, open-to-the-public Bird/Nature Walk — your friends and family are invited.

We will have binoulars to lend and, as always, beautiful sights to see.

Crimson-fronted Parakeet, a Wilson Botanical Garden/Las Cruces regular.