This was our second trip to Costa Rica. The first time (back in 2009) almost every bird had been a lifer. Now, almost 16 years later we had a very selective target lists of birds that were still new. Therefore, our itinerary was a bit different from other trips since we purely focused on our targets birds. In 2 weeks we mainly did a loop to the Southeast of the country with at the end some additional sites around San Jose. It was wonderful to see how much bigger the birding tourism in Costa Rica has become with so many (local) reserves, and an increasing number of birders that enjoy la pura vida. In total we saw 418 species of which 50 were lifers.
Penguinbirding 