Date: 12/25/25 1:55 pm From: DUNN, JANE <DUNNJ...> Subject: Re: Tour report: Costa Rica Arkansas Audubon fundraiser 2025
I have spent the last three afternoons reliving my trip there in 2017 through my photos. Loved that trip and the people along.
Wish I were 20 years younger.
Jane D.
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Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2025 2:34:18 PM
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Subject: Tour report: Costa Rica Arkansas Audubon fundraiser 2025
Fifteen birders from Arkansas and neighboring states toured the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica Dec 14-21, 2025. The tour was guided by the legendary Esteban Biamonte of Sun Tours. The tour raised $800 for the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust, given in memory of Prof. Douglas James's 100th birth anniversary (for a total of $2400 raised via three tours, thanks to AR-birders).
Highlights of the tour include:
* 243 species of birds: https://ebird.org/tripreport/443592 * Eighteen species of hummingbirds including rarities or endemics like Coppery-headed Emerald.
* Encounters with several coveted herps like fer de lance and eyelash vipers
* Great views of specialties like Resplendent Quetzal and Snowcap (hummer).
* Close views of hard-to-see rails White-throated and Yellow-breasted Crake
* Nicaraguan Grackle sightings, a very range restricted species
* Over 200 species of wildlife documented in iNaturalist: Arkansas Audubon's Costa Rica Bioblitz 2025<https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/arkansas-audubon-s-costa-rica-bioblitz-2025> * Birding amidst the sights and smells of an active volcano with its fuming pits, fumaroles, and bubbling hot springs.
