by Joan Borreli | Costa Rica Birding Blog
Cano Negro Wetlands National Wildlife Refuge is located in northern Costa Rica, very close to the Nicaraguan border. Cano Negro is one of the most important Ramsar areas of the Americas. A Ramsar site is a wetland area designated to be of international importance as a...
by Joan Borreli | Costa Rica Birding Blog
What is La Selva Biological Station? La Selva Biological Station is a massive protected area encompassing over 1500 hectares of Caribbean low-land tropical rainforest. The station is located in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Heredia Province of Costa Rica. La Selva is...
by Joan Borreli | Costa Rica Birding Blog
The central Pacific coast of Costa Rica is one of the most biologically diverse areas of the Americas. This location, known as a transition forest, is unique in many ways. Geographically, the central Pacific lies between the tropical dry forest of the northwest and...
by Joan Borreli | Costa Rica Birding Blog
Overview In the middle of Costa Rica, nestled between the sunny Pacific and the rainforests of the Caribbean, sits the lovely Central Valley of Costa Rica. Almost 70% of the population lives here in the provinces of San Jose, Heredia, Alajuela, and Cartago. You may...
by Joan Borreli | Costa Rica Birding Blog
About the Las Cruces Biological Station History: There is a small town, located on the Pacific Slope of the Talamanca Mountains at about 3000 feet above sea level called San Vito. In the 1940s Italian immigrants, escaping the ravages of WWII, settled in this sleepy...
