Birding in Costa Rica: San Gerardo De Dota 2022
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- It's been a long time coming. My birding buddies and I took a trip to San Gerardo de Dota to see the Resplendent Quetzals up close. Not only did we get to see the Quetzals, we saw dozens of other bird species. Many of them unique to this area. In our time there, I only saw a few birds I even recognized!
Here is an (incomplete) list of birds you'll see:
Flame-Colored Tanager
Green Violatear
Spot-Crowned Woodcreeper
Resplendent Quetzal
Acorn Woodpecker
Silver-Throated Tanager
Blue-Gray Tanager
Volcano Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Long-Tailed Silky-Flycatcher
Ruddy-Capped Nightingale
Wilson's Warbler
Collared Redstart
Mountain Thrush
Tufted Flycatcher
Sooty Thrush
Yellow Warbler
Emerald Toucanet
Also included is footage of other wildlife, includingsquirrels, lizards, and a too-close encounter with a Black-speckled Palm Pit Viper!
This video was shot in and around Savegre Hotel (which I highly recommend). They have over 1000 acres of protected forest on the property. Melvin, our guide, lives on the property. He's super knowledgeable, and even contributed to The Birds of Costa Rica (we don't leave home without it).
Whether you're a serious birder or just looking for a fantastic getaway in the mountains of Costa Rica, Savegre Hotel should definitely be on your short list. (I'm not being compensated for this mention, by the way).
So I hope you enjoy this little slice of heaven. We certainly did!
Cheers from Costa Rica Bird Cam
The amount of birds I saw when I went to Cuba was as amazing as the birds in this video. My favourite had to be the Smooth-billed Ani. So prehistoric looking!
It’s so fascinating. I grew up in Dallas and we saw about a half-dozen birds. Here, dozens of exotic species every day is the norm!
Magnificent video footage, and the bird life represented is so varied and abundant. I haven't really looked at the video collection posted to the channel for a long while, probably, for at least two years. If revisiting the site, I didn't really linger long. The resplendent quetzel is impressive as well as the acorn woodpeckers, and the multitude of other bird fauna. My only explanation for not continuing frequent visitations to the channel is I haven't been at all well physically, and still aren't, presently. Viewing the videos at Costa Rica Birdcam, though, is uplifting. I love Costa Rica. It is really beautiful (07/05/2023).🇺🇸🙂
Great to hear from you, Gwen. We are no longer in CR, sadly. So what you see is all there will ever be from this channel. Maybe sometime soon the will be a Northwest Arkansas birdcage, who knows. I hope your health improves. Glad to hear the channel is a help I. Some small Way. All the best to you from Roxane and I!
Sorry for your health issues, Gwen. Sadly, we have had to return to the US. We wish you all the best!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼so many beautiful birds..what a trip. Thank you CRBC. I’ve been waiting for this. I’ll watch many times.
Thanks, Agmin! There are multiples in here that are as yet unidentified. You're welcome to chime in! BTW, for whatever reason, the birds are coming in like I haven't seen in my five years here. New species and old friends. I may start the live cam early, we'll see!
@@timdougherty8443 Well the bird cam is a lot of work for you but I’ll be there when you’re ready. I wonder why birds are coming early..crazy world..
Mi linda Costa Rica,, pura vida
Pura Vida, Henry!
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Hermosas aves y preciosos sitios. Tengo la dicha de haber conocido varias regiones del cantón de Dota, de los más bellos de Costa Rica.
Wonderful video. Where is the place (bridge) you saw all these pretty birds.
Around Hotel Savegre in San Gerardo De Dota. Gorgeous place in the high rain forest.
5:30 Still Green Violet-ear
5:57 Slaty Flowerpiercer (female)
6:10 Volcano Hummingbird
6:55 White-throated Mountain-Gem (male)
7:09 Scintillant Hummingbird (imm. male)
7:52 Elaenia spp.
7:59 Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
8:37 Black-faced Solitaire song
10:32 Black-faced Solitaire not Sooty Thrush
10:55 White-lined Tanager (male)
11:00 Wilson's Warbler, not Yellow. Note black crown, grayish mantle, and olive face. Stockier than Yellow with more erratic and wing flicking behavior.
11:08 Elaenia spp. (probably lesser)
11:15 Lesser Elaenia (note pale wing patch).
11:54 Flame-colored Tanager (imm. male. Note faint reddish feathers on throat and upper chest region).
12:07 Ruddy-capped Nightingale Thrush
Fantastic, Spindali79! Thank you for your great eye and clarification. Many of these birds were new to me, so I relied on help from our guide and from our local birding group in Nuevo Arenal. Your channel looks great!
For the Warblers, I've half decided to call them "A" yellow warbler, since so many look so similar. 😀 I need more practice...
I beg to differ, @10:32 that is a sooty thrush not a "black-headed saltator" ...there is no black-faced saltator to my knowledge.
@@camerashy44 it's not a Sooty Thrush, it's a Black-faced Solitaire. Sooty Thush has a yellow bill and white eye.
Your Sooty Thrush @ 10:30 is a Black-faced Solitaire. Orange bill; wonderful song. Easy mistake.
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Great video! What month did you visit?
May, I think. It was during mating season. We had to shoot from about 120 meters away. Dropped off the gear and had lunch at the hotel, and there was a male 6 feet from us perched on a low branch. No cam, ugh!!