Site Guides: Costa Rica & Panama - A Guide to the Best Birding Locations (Paperback)

~ Dennis W. Rogers (Author) "The best weather for birding is during the dry season, from December to April..." (more)
Key Phrases: birding area, birding locations, foothill forest, Costa Rica, Panama City, Puerto Viejo (more...)

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Product Description

Extensive coverage of the best birdwatching sites in Costa Rica and Panama with information on other aspects of visiting each country. Directions and a list of species likely to be seen are included for each location. A checklist details 11 faunal regions. Complete index.

Product Details

• Paperback: 183 pages
• Publisher: Cinclus Publications (December 1, 1996)
• ISBN-10: 0963776568
• ISBN-13: 978-0963776563
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,638,165 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Useful for first-time visitors, March 18, 2001

By	"gdgover" (Bridgewater, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

I found this site guide to be worth having along on my first birding trip to Costa Rica. The sites are well-chosen for diversity of species likely to be seen and the checklist showing relative abundance of species at the top birding sites is very helpful in eliminating similar species during the identification process.

Rather than the long lists of some possible birds to be seen at each site, I'd have preferred to see some more specific information about locating each site's more important species, a la the Lane birding guides. I felt entirely too much space was devoted to these lists which largely duplicated the info from the checklist.