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Why Cano Negro Refuge is a great idea for your vacation in Costa Rica? Because is an easy place to reach and a premium birding hotspot in Costa Rica. Also, birding in Caño Negro Refuge is easy and is a birding destination in Costa Rica for everybody. From young to oldest people, and from newbies to experienced birdwatchers, Cano Negro Refuge will give you a great birdwatching experience in Costa Rica. All birding tours in Cano Negro - Costa Rica are made by boat. You do not have to walk but focus on birding. And when you choose to stay at Hotel de Campo, the Cano Negro boat tour starts from the private dock at the hotel. The best birding experience in Caño Negro is always along the river for most of the birds. Just in a few cases, we are going out to see birds. For example during the dry season, when some of the lagoons of Cano Negro are not accessible by boat.

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The National Refuge of Caño Negro is one of the greatest birding hotspots for Birdwatching Costa Rica, Yellowlegs, and Sandpipers in Costa Rica. Is located on the north side of Costa Rica, this place has to be on your roadmap. Why should I visit Cano Negro Refuge? Because is an easy destination in Costa Rica where to spot birds. It is easy to reach from La Fortuna - Arenal Volcano, from Bijagua - Tenorio Volcano (Rio Celeste), from Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí. Driving your car for a couple of hours and you are there. Because is easy to take a tour and enjoy birding and wildlife all the time because all the tours are by boat. You do not have to walk around, just focus on spotting birds, caimans, monkeys, iguanas, sloths, basilisks,s, and so on.

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The Roseate Spoonbill is a regular visitor at the Refuge of Cano Negro. The roseate spoonbill can be found in marshes and water habitats, and this is the predominant ecosystem of Caño Negro Refuge. They are easy to recognize for their distinctive pink coloring, wading in very shallow water. Mostly you will find them looking for food, stirring their bills in the shallow water. They eat whatever comes in touch with their bill, mostly fish, crustaceans, frogs, and snails. In Costa Rica, Roseate Spoonbill is resident and migrant. They fly around the country looking for wetland with shallows water, where they can easily feed.

Yellow-breasted Crake in Costa Rica, Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge. If you wonder... Where to watch birds in Costa Rica? Where is a great birding hotspot in Costa Rica? The answer is at The National Wildlife Refuge of Caño Negro.  Caño Negro Birding Tour: Private guided birdwatching boat tour in Cano Negro.