Hi BF,
I know its a lot to ask but here it goes:
I was interested in doing a trip to Costa Rica next year for about 5 to 7 days. Can anyone recommend how to go about this without spending 3000 dollars. Local Tours, Time of year? Places to stay?
Also any info on birding in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona-Local Tours, Time of year? Places to stay? Local guides versus the others? Any books, one would recommend to do a modest once in lifetime trip to see some local birds. I cant spend more than a week in any one of these places. So please bare that in mind.
Thank you very much in advance,
Carlos
HI . . . .Bill from New York here. When I was in Tuscon, i Used Melody Kehl's Birding Adventures (her ad is in the Aba magazine and others. She was great, and she knew the area very well. The only tour I took in Texas was the King Ranch tour, in Southeast Tx west of Corpus Christi; I booked through a ad in the trades, and they have knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides that know where the birds are.
If possible, I try to use local guides, who I feel know the areas better than anyone.
Try this link to a bird guide in Galveston, Texas: http://www.galvestonbirders.org/jimstevenson.htm
For Costa Rica: see my reply to the same question you posted here: http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=268636#post268636