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COSTA RICA 2004 |
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San Jose & Santo Domingo |
Overview Hike up to Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve Natural History and Conservation of the Three-Wattled Bellbird Tour of Bellbird Conservation Center Bellbird Conservation Center Lodging (From the Itinerary) July 1st (Thursday): Monteverde Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity The Monteverde region boasts not only cloud forest but wet Atlantic and drier Pacific slope forests. The latter are especially threatened by rapid development and deforestation. Many animals migrate annually down the slope and across the continental divide as they follow the ripening of fruits with the changing seasons, including the endangered three-wattled bellbird. 7:00
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