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  1. leif10

    How to see more species on my next Costa Rica trip this summer

    Thanks everyone, this has been super helpful. I will try to come up with a list of target birds. Mostly I just wanted everything that we don't get at all in the US: parrots, toucans, antbirds, antpittas, antthrushes, cotingas, puffbirds, manakins, tityras, motmots, trogons, jacamars, tinamous...
  2. leif10

    How to see more species on my next Costa Rica trip this summer

    This is so helpful Tyler, thank you again. I checked a couple guides and availability looks pretty good. I'm so happy to have this option, it gives me hope of being more "productive" on my next trip. Also planning to learn a little Spanish. It wasn't an issue for birding per se, but at the...
  3. leif10

    How to see more species on my next Costa Rica trip this summer

    So on that website, each guide lists a USD amount and a number of hours. I presume that's the number of hours you are paying them to work with you for. So if it says 11 hr, that means approx. 6am to 5pm. Just to make sure I understand. That's a full birding day! Especially in the tropics...
  4. leif10

    How to see more species on my next Costa Rica trip this summer

    Fantastic! I see David Mora is listed there - he was my guide twice at Rancho Naturalista, and he was just incredible. If the others are anything like him (and it sounds like that's the case), that's an amazing resource. Thank you!!
  5. leif10

    How to see more species on my next Costa Rica trip this summer

    Hi everyone, I'm hoping to get some advice to help me make better use of guiding and see more species on my next trip to Costa Rica this summer. Due to work, pets, etc., I am constrained to traveling there for about a week each summer. In June 2024 I did my first "hardcore" birding trip, I...
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