Spotting the Beautiful Birds of the Osa Peninsula

Spotting the beautiful colorful birds of Costa Rica while taking a Crocodile Bay eco tour in the Osa Peninsula is a delightful adventure. The Peninsula is home to over 400 species of birds and revered as one of the most biologically intense places in the world.

Scarlet Macaw Eating
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Spotted a Scarlet Macaw nibbling on something green.

Blue Eyed Parrot
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What a sweet blue eyed parrot

Flying Bird
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Soaring high in the sky

Bird Flying Higher
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Flying over the Golfo Dulce looking for food

Costa Rica MacCaw
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Another Scarlet Macaw munching away on some leafy greens

Tiger Heron
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A tiger heron preparing for flight

Bird
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Perched in a tree deep in the tropical forest of the Osa Peninsula

 

Sportfishing Calendar

January

Tuna, marlin and dorado taper off. Number of sailfish begins to increase.

February

Prime time for sailfish. Occassional marlin, tuna or dorado.

March

Prime time for sailfish.

April

Sailfish numbers drop mid-April and some marlin begin to appear.

May

Slower for billfish. Typically we start seeing schools of spinner dolphins with yellowfin tuna.

June

Slower for billfish. Spinner dolphins with yellowfin tuna.

July

Marlin begin to appear. A chance for black marlin as well as blues and striped marlin. A chance for tuna.

August

Marlin and tuna.

September

Slower for billfish. A chance for tuna and dorado.

October

Dorado begin to appear in numbers with marlin close behind.

November

A mixed bag of dorado, marlin and some big tuna.

December

Marlin, dorado, tuna and sailfish are all possibilities.