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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Hi, Just an update on visiting San Gerardo de Dota and elsewhere in Costa Rica in March, 2021. Due to the fact I live in Mexico which has not come close to controlling covid-19, unfortunatley I have cancelled my reservations. Mexico is deservably not on the approved CR list and it is doubtful...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Hi, I never heard back from Tropical Feathers with a proposal for a custom split trip to San Gerardo de Dota and San Isidro de El General, so that option is no longer being considered. Thus, I will either go back to my original plan of on my own in San Gerardo probably with 10 days at...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Hi Bryan and all, I'm committed to doing a split trip to both San Gerardos. Thanks for the heads up about birding the side roads of Rivas. To give myself another option for those locales I contacted Noel's sister at Tropical Feathers and gave her a budget to see if they could come up with a...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Hi Bryan and all, I just heard back from Talamanca Nature Retreat. It took a few days because they are closed due the covid-19 Costa Rican restrictions. Their least expensive lodging per cabin or room is $140 per night plus tax. Meals are not typically included. Since I was talking about...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Thanks again Bryan for all of the information and pictures. I'll probably be following through on Miriam's and Talari but I have just contacted Talamanca Nature Reserve for information as their site looks fantastic, albeit pretty pricey with I believe (?) no meals included. The way I do...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Thanks Bryan for all the feedback regarding Talari and San Isidro el General. Since I've been even more bored than usual I had been toying around with idea of going to Hacienda Baru near Dominical or Rancho Nauralista instead. However, I've come to my senses (permanently I hope) and combining...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Thanks Bryan, Due to covid-19 and Costa Rica responsibly shutting down its border, my May plan is out the window. So, I've decided to stick with my March 2021 plans (of course, depending on where the pandemic is at then) with some changes. I will be spending 10 nights in San Gerardo de Dota...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Hi, I might have a change in plans regarding San Gerardo de Dota as far as going in 2021. I was planning on going to Boston this May to visit my brother but his health may be jeopardized due to the coronavirus pandemic if I stayed with him as his immune system is severely weakened as a result...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Bryan, Your painting of the Sulphur-winged parakeets is wonderful. Thanks for the advice about the guavas and apples. I checked some more on the barred parakeets and it looks like they occur most frequently up by Paraiso Quetzal (more so than lower in the valley near Savegre), sometimes in...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Hi, A practical non-bird question about San Gerardo de Dota: In paying for taxis, restaurants, and mini-markets would colons be required or could one pay with $U.S. and receive any change back in colons? If colons are required, I'd try to get them at the bank at the San Jose airport. Now a...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Thanks Andy and Bryan for your verbal/pictorial feedback and encouragement. Thus, I've just increased my extended stay there by another two days, with my first two days out of 19 being at Cabinas el Quetzal which is a little lower in the valley-about 2 kilometers from Savegre. I, too, would...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    I had read that the jays were mostly misses without that many hits as they seem to be rare and very localized. That's okay though, as I'll be a real happy camper anyways if I get daily doses of long-tailed silky flycatchers, acorn woodpeckers, and flame-colored tanagers along with, hopefully...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Thanks Andy and Bryan. Liliana, Miriam's daughter, had told me that she may be able to ( I think, as my Spanish is very spotty) provide someone with a vehicle to take me to places I'd be interested in birding at. The communication tower road and Providencia Road sound very doable, one way or...
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Thanks Bryan. I really like the idea of birding the main road going down into the valley and the public side roads off of it. I wasn't sure if it was feasible but now that I know that is I'll be sure to try it out.
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    Birding San Gerado de Dota Without a Vehicle

    Birding San Gerardo de Dota Without a Vehicle In March, 2021, without a vehicle, I will be staying at Miriam's Quetzals/Cabins for two weeks and Paraiso Quetzal Lodge for three nights. I really want to get to know many of the fairly common species very well. Rarities will not be a focus of...
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