Palo Verde National Park comprises 13,058 ha. of varied habitats in the lower Tempisque River basin which includes important wetlands and woodlands.
I would recommend taking the boat trip which runs by Bird Island, a breeding site for Cattle Egrets,
Roseate Spoonbills, Wood Storks, Anhingas, Great Egrets, and Black-crowned Night-Herons. Great Blue
Heron and Bare-throated Tiger Heron may also be seen as well as Neotropic Cormorant and Amazon
Kingfisher. Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks and Northern Jacanas are resident.
Mammals include Collared Peccaries, White-faced Capuchin Monkeys, Howler Monkeys, White-nosed
Coatis, White-tailed Deer, and Variegated Squirrels.
You may also expect to see some large Iguana sunning themselves on the mangrove banks.
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Comment by Raul — January 18, 2010 @ 11:15 am