Corcovado park
Door: Edwin Schuller
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02 Januari 2009 | Costa Rica, Puerto Jiménez
CORCOVADO CHECKLIST:
PLANTS
Walking palm
Bromelia sp.
Orchid sp.
Mangrove
Heliconia sp.
INSECTS
Blue morpho
Golden silk orb-weaver
Leafcutter ants
CRUSTACEANS
Hermit crab
Fiddler crab
Ghost crab
Moon/halloween crab
FISH
Puffer fish
Snapper
AMPHIBIANS
Bransford's litter frog
Cane toad
Glass frog
Red eyed tree frog
REPTILES
American crocodile (@ night: 30 & 100 & 3000 cm)
Snake sp.
Coral snake
Boa constrictor
Common basilisk/Jesus lizard
Anolis spp.
BIRDS
Red-throated Caracara
Great Curassow
Crested guan
Marbled Wood Quail
Great Tinamou
Mangrove black hawk
Great Egret
Rufescent Tiger-heron (?)
Bare-throated Tiger-heron
Snowy Egret
American white ibis
Osprey (?)
Purple-crowned Fairy (hummingbird)
White-necked Jacobin (hummingbird)
White-whiskered Puffbird
Baird's Trogon (family of Quetzal)
Slaty-tailed trogon (,,)
Scarlet Macaw
Ringed Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Blue-crowned Motmot
Common Pauraque (Nightjar sp.)
White-crowned Parrot
American Black Vulture
Brown pelican
Great/magnificent (?) frigatebird
Lineated/crimson-crested (?) woodpecker
MAMMALS
Rat
Squirrel
Cougar (1 adult @ night, 2 juveniles @ daytime)
Mantled Howler Monkey
White-faced Capuchin (monkey)
Geoffroy's spider monkey
Common agouti
Collared Peccary
Baird's Tapir (young male @ night)
White-nosed coati
Northern Tamandua (anteater)
Bottlenose Dolphin (1x @ Drake bay)
Hike schedule:
Day One (ca. 19 km.)
0500 Meet guide Roger and taxi at Puerto Jimenez
0510 Breakfast in Puerto Jimenez
0530 Departure with taxi to La Palma
0615 Arrival at riverside
0700 Mount up on horses at riverside and head for old Los Patos ranger station
0820 Dismount at Corcovado Park boundary and register at Los Patos Ranger Station. Then climb to old Los Patos Ranger Station and hike to Sirena Ranger Station
1700 Arrival and check-in at Sirena Ranger Station: shower, laundry, relax
1730 Dinner, Sirena
1900 Night hike airstrip/beach at Sirena area
Day Two (ca. 10 km total)
0430 Morning hike to Rio Claro
0630 Breakfast at Sirena
0730 Canoe trip up Sirena River
1130 Lunch at Sirena
1330 Wilderness hike on Sirena Trails, swimming in Rio Claro
1730 Dinner, Sirena
1900 Night hike to Rio Claro & Rio Sirena on Tapir quest
Day Three (ca. 19 km.)
0630 Breakfast
0725 Departure. Hike along the beach trail to the La Leona Ranger Station
1530 Arrival at Carate General Store (the Pulperia)
1530 Departure by private taxi from the Carate Pulperia
1800 Back in Puerto Jimenez
PLANTS
Walking palm
Bromelia sp.
Orchid sp.
Mangrove
Heliconia sp.
INSECTS
Blue morpho
Golden silk orb-weaver
Leafcutter ants
CRUSTACEANS
Hermit crab
Fiddler crab
Ghost crab
Moon/halloween crab
FISH
Puffer fish
Snapper
AMPHIBIANS
Bransford's litter frog
Cane toad
Glass frog
Red eyed tree frog
REPTILES
American crocodile (@ night: 30 & 100 & 3000 cm)
Snake sp.
Coral snake
Boa constrictor
Common basilisk/Jesus lizard
Anolis spp.
BIRDS
Red-throated Caracara
Great Curassow
Crested guan
Marbled Wood Quail
Great Tinamou
Mangrove black hawk
Great Egret
Rufescent Tiger-heron (?)
Bare-throated Tiger-heron
Snowy Egret
American white ibis
Osprey (?)
Purple-crowned Fairy (hummingbird)
White-necked Jacobin (hummingbird)
White-whiskered Puffbird
Baird's Trogon (family of Quetzal)
Slaty-tailed trogon (,,)
Scarlet Macaw
Ringed Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Blue-crowned Motmot
Common Pauraque (Nightjar sp.)
White-crowned Parrot
American Black Vulture
Brown pelican
Great/magnificent (?) frigatebird
Lineated/crimson-crested (?) woodpecker
MAMMALS
Rat
Squirrel
Cougar (1 adult @ night, 2 juveniles @ daytime)
Mantled Howler Monkey
White-faced Capuchin (monkey)
Geoffroy's spider monkey
Common agouti
Collared Peccary
Baird's Tapir (young male @ night)
White-nosed coati
Northern Tamandua (anteater)
Bottlenose Dolphin (1x @ Drake bay)
Hike schedule:
Day One (ca. 19 km.)
0500 Meet guide Roger and taxi at Puerto Jimenez
0510 Breakfast in Puerto Jimenez
0530 Departure with taxi to La Palma
0615 Arrival at riverside
0700 Mount up on horses at riverside and head for old Los Patos ranger station
0820 Dismount at Corcovado Park boundary and register at Los Patos Ranger Station. Then climb to old Los Patos Ranger Station and hike to Sirena Ranger Station
1700 Arrival and check-in at Sirena Ranger Station: shower, laundry, relax
1730 Dinner, Sirena
1900 Night hike airstrip/beach at Sirena area
Day Two (ca. 10 km total)
0430 Morning hike to Rio Claro
0630 Breakfast at Sirena
0730 Canoe trip up Sirena River
1130 Lunch at Sirena
1330 Wilderness hike on Sirena Trails, swimming in Rio Claro
1730 Dinner, Sirena
1900 Night hike to Rio Claro & Rio Sirena on Tapir quest
Day Three (ca. 19 km.)
0630 Breakfast
0725 Departure. Hike along the beach trail to the La Leona Ranger Station
1530 Arrival at Carate General Store (the Pulperia)
1530 Departure by private taxi from the Carate Pulperia
1800 Back in Puerto Jimenez
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