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A
Paradise for birds!
Toucans,
Humming birds, Tanagers and Pewees are only a few of the species of
birds I have watched during my stay at the Diquis Del Sur
in February 2007 & in January 2008.
The
Diquis rests on a vast elevated plateau between the Pacific Ocean and
the Andes
Mountains. Such a position allows us to watch the birds resting on tree
tops.
One
can also observe them all over the Diquis site, which is practically a
real botanical garden with more than 150 species of fruit trees and
other exotic tropical trees and plants.
I
have observed more than 120 species of birds during my stay at the
Diquis.
Surely, I haven’t seen them all and my feeling is that one
could add some twenty more species.
The most common one is the Great Chickadee, yellow, brown and
black, followed by the Bald
Robin, the national bird of Costa Rica,. One can also observe the blue,
red and black Tanager with red hindquarters, the Toucan with its
spectacular beak and the Golden-hooded Tanager with its golden hairdo,
blue wings and yellow head, not forgetting the cocky Arians and other
species of Humming Birds. Moreover,
on occasion, one can also admire the magnificent Scarlet Macaw. In
short, the site is a real paradise for birds and for observers of Nature
in action!
Bernard
Cloutier
b.clou@hotmail.com
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Complete
list birds at Diquis (PDF) |
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Note:
Bernard
Cloutier has a passion for bird watching, a hobby he has practiced
for the last 30 years. Living
in Rawdon, Quebec, he is the vice-president of the Societe
d’ornithologie de Lanaudiere and writes periodical chronicles on
birds of his region. He is also a lecturer and animator of
workshops.
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Compilation
made by
Bernard
Cloutier in 2007, 2008
and
Anne-Marie Galand in 2010
(Anne-Marie
Galand, présidente du club des ornithologues de la région
de L'Amiante - CORA -)
Photograph
Credits
:
Paul Demers
http://www.pauldemersphotographie.com |
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