Seeing Resplendant Quetzals in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica. We took a birdwatching tour specifically to see these birds - we were a bit outside the Parque Nacional Los Quetzales in the Dota Canton. San Gerardo de Dota and the Dota canton is a Quetzal paradise since these birds can be seen there nearly all year long!
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Good morning everybody, I'm Samantha and welcome back to our Mytanfeet channel. This morning we are in the Dota area and we are going to go look for Resplendant Quetzals which are a beautiful bird in Costa Rica and in Central America. We have our guide with us, we're all ready and geared up so let's go find some birds.
We went birdwatching close to the Los Quetzales National Park. This area is famous for birdwatching, thanks to its location up in the Talamanca Mountain Range. Due to the high elevation of 2 to 3000 meters, the Resplendant Quetzal can be found here almost all year long, making it a true paradise for birders.
It's so important to have a guide for birdwatching, especially for the Quetzales. Our guide right now has already shown us what the bird looks like, and what we need to be looking for so he's looking up in the trees, he has his binoculars and his telescope to spot these birds.
Resplendant Quetzals live in the tropical cloud forests and they love wild avocadoes, so these trees offer excellent opportunities to see them feeding.
You can't see Resplendant Quetzal in every single place around the world, actually there are just two species that have the long feathers, the Guatemala Quetzal and the Costa Rican Quetzal and the Costa Rica Quetzal is a subspecies of the Guatemalan Quetzal. Now as well the bright colors, when they are in the shade like the blues, greens, turquoises, the punk style crest, the red bright breast and of course, the long two feathers, is one of the reasons as well, basically it's quite hard to spot them because of their behavior, they don't fly too much, they don't call too much so it's like a real birder and for even for people who are not like hard core birders, it's a whole challenge to spot them so that's why people love the Resplendant Quetzal.
We waited around 30, 40 minutes and then all of a sudden, like 3 quetzales, or 4 quetzales came right in front of me and they're in the trees right in front of us, so we've been getting some really good shots. Really good photos and footage, so exciting, these birds are so beautiful to see especially when they fly and the males have that beautiful long tail.
Although the Resplendant Quetzal is without a doubt is the most prized bird to see, there are plenty of other birds such as woodpeckers, hummingbirds and tanagers. Dota is not just for birdwatchers, its also an incredible place for nature and hiking and anyone who loves fresh mountain air and lush mossy trails.
And that was our morning seeing Resplendant Quetzales. We saw several birds they were flying around, eating avocadoes, a lot of action, so exciting to see so I want to say thank you so much Alonso, he's the guide from Santos Tours and he is excellent. Thank you guys for visiting us and being here as well, for the opportunity to Santo's Tours and myself to be part of your experience. IT was an amazing morning, lots of birds around, mating season just started, and nesting season so we were basically able to see their behavior and understand them, and fortunately we were able to see them close as well which is amazing.
So if you guys come to the Dota area, you definitely have to take a Resplendant Quetzal watching tour and with Alonso, I hope you guys enjoyed the video all the information will be in the links below and thanks for watching. Pura vida!
Costa Rica birdwatching
Costa Rica Resplendant Quetzals
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
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