Conde Nast has a nice slide show depicting their top 9 reasons to visit Costa Rica in “green season”, the more enticing name for what is basically the wet season.  I was there last year in August and got a fantastic deal on some wonderful eco-lodges.  My Costa Rica posts can be found here.  To see the CN slideshow, click on the butterfly.

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And now for my reasons…………..

1.  Fewer people makes it easier to see the birds.  There is nothing worse than arriving at a beautiful nature reserve like Monteverde or Los Quetzales National Park and not seeing Resplendant Quetzals because they are hiding from all the noisy tourists!

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2.  You can have a world-class birding guide such as Alejandro Esquival from Selva Verde all to yourselves!  Walk at your pace, target species that are most interesting to you, spend as much time as you like observing one species without being hurried along by other people!

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3.  Private boat cruise on the Tarcoles River!  Luis Campos’ excursions are especially tailored for birders and he knows exactly where to find all the local species.  In high season his boats are packed out.  We had a boat all to ourselves so we could change seats at will depending what side the birds were on.  Luis was an excellent spotter and made sure we got great views of all the birds.

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