| Costa Rica is attracting more and more bird | | | | together. |
| watchers to it's beautiful and delightful landscapes | | | | Also, over a quarter of Costa Rica is designated |
| because of it's diverse array of bird species that | | | | as protected forests, reserves and parkland |
| make this area home during different times of | | | | which are excellent for bird watching so wherever |
| the year. There are well over eight hundred | | | | one is in Costa Rica, the varied species of birds |
| species in this small country, which makes it more | | | | available to view will make this an ideal location for |
| abundant than that of the United States and | | | | a bird watching vacation. |
| Canada combined. Many people wouldn't even | | | | Migratory Birds |
| consider bird watching anywhere else. It is for this | | | | The winter months are very popular for North |
| reason, among many others, that you may want | | | | Americans to visit Costa Rica. During this time |
| to make Costa Rica your next stop for a bird | | | | they can see familiar birds because many |
| watching vacation. | | | | migrating birds from North America make this |
| Even though it is a very small country, enjoying a | | | | home at this time of year. Some of those |
| bird watching vacation in Costa Rica offers many | | | | species are hummingbirds, swallows, teals and |
| benefits. Each year sees a greater number of | | | | sandpipers. |
| tourists head there to bird watch and to learn | | | | Even in the towns and cities the quantity of bird |
| more details about the different species of birds. | | | | species that one can see is incredible. You may |
| The clay-colored robin is Costa Rica's national bird. | | | | see a macaw, blue-crowned motmot or a |
| As a bird watching vacation destination, it is | | | | buff-throated saltator in the trees and gardens in |
| perfect. | | | | and around the hotels and homes of each of the |
| Bird Watching Paradise | | | | towns and cities that you visit, in addition to many |
| There are many reasons that have blessed Costa | | | | other birds that make their homes in them, too. |
| Rica with being a bird watching paradise. One of | | | | However, for the bird watching vacation to be |
| those reasons is that there is a great diversity of | | | | the best that it can be a trip to Tortuguero |
| habitats for the birds to live in. The Pacific Ocean | | | | National Park is in order. This is a National Park |
| on one side and the Caribbean Sea on the other | | | | within the Tortuguero Conservation Area. It has |
| side offer habit for many sea and migratory birds. | | | | over 370 species of birds including kingfishers, |
| The rain and cloud forest habitats offer many | | | | toucans, blue herons, peacocks, and parrots, as |
| different species homes. And, the many areas | | | | well as more than 400 species of trees and |
| around lakes and rivers offer even more habitat | | | | approximately 2,200 species of plants for one to |
| for other species, too. Another reason that this | | | | see. In spite of the fact that the only be way to |
| little jewel of a country is a bird watching paradise | | | | reach it is by airplane or boat, it's the third-most |
| is that the various habitats are very close | | | | visited park in Costa Rica. |