Lagoons and canals

I’m on my last day of birding in Costa Rica. It has been a wonderful time, except for the rain. We have had a total of two dry days 😪. But it has been a wonderful experience. I’ve seen so much of the country, except the beaches. I have definitely observed the rhythm of the…

Bird tour is done… onto next adventure!

We have finished our bird tour. It was many long days with no real break. Up at 5, breakfast, out the door, back for an hours break before dinner, repeat. We saw about 130 different species of birds! We had 3 macro photography sessions with frogs and snakes including the poisonous fer-de-lance. Also a helmet…

Birders paradise

Yesterday and today we went to a private garden, they are all private gardens. This guy had a wonderful garden and glad he shared with us. The amount of birds was truly amazing. Even Suzanne got a few lifers (first time seeing a bird) and she has been here five times! The guy lives very…

Resplendent quetzal – success!

We were lucky, no rain, the sun was out as we’re about six quetzals. We are at about 10,000 feet and it’s cold. Warm woolies are on. There were several tour groups at the place we went to. A private land owner who happens to have this special type of avocado tree that the quetzals…

Made it to San Jose

Well, I must say that Air Canada did an amazing job getting us here. And with our luggage. Just a short blurb as it’s getting late and the tour starts early tomorrow.  We just stayed at the hotel today to shoot. They have several acres with nice gardens that attract a lot of birds. And…

On the Move…

Birds, birds, birds… Off to Costa Rica to photograph birds in the jungles. Very excited to be going on a formal tour with a bird guide, fingers crossed to get a picture of the resplendent quetzal, the tail plumes can be up 34 inches long! There are several birds that are on the target list;…