These Ruddy Ground Doves were found in the saltwater lagoon near San Jose Del Cabo. The country of Mexico as a whole, is host to 27 different species of doves, with the California Baja Sure home to six. The Baja, as it is known, is a truly diverse area. MORE

USCC thanks the following companies for the generous commitment to sponsor ICAW 2013 activities: A1 Organics, BioCycle, City of San Jose, Composting News, Filtrexx, MSW Management, NatureWorks LLC., MORE

I caught this Lark Sparrow at San Blas, near Magdalena Bay , just as the sun was setting. There is a small Federal Reserve, set aside on the white sandy beach near San Jose Del Cabo, in order to protect the nesting Least Terns. MORE

  The poll, which was conducted by the San Jose, Calif. The Hill: A majority of voters would support a 10-cent increase in the federal gas tax if the money is used for specific transportation improvements, according to a new poll released on Wednesday.  Mineta Transportation Institute, found that 71 percent of voters would be willing to pay a dime more than the current 18.4 MORE

Many gringos make their way to Baja California Sur every year, although the majority are probably heading to Cabo San Lucas to party and test the human limit of tequila endurance. Todos Santos lies about an hour northwest of the bad craziness of Cabo San Lucas on the Pacific side of the peninsula. For years I heard the estero at San Jose del Cabo was the place to go to see Belding’s Yellowthroat, another Baja endemic. A male Belding’s Yellowthroat. MORE

That’s where most of Costa Rica’s population resides and because of that, it’s also why we headed out around dawn, happily leaving the long line of vehicles on their way to San Jose in the rear view mirror. I have a confession to make. MORE

Zamora Estate protects acres of unspoiled habitat within one of the fastest growing sections of San Jose, a holding that has sustained four generations of the Zamora family. MORE

All Central America Costa Rica Eco-adventure Eco-lodges Farmers'' markets Osa Peninsula Restaurants/Cafes San Jose Coopedota Feria Verde Finca Bellavista James Kaiser Playa Nicuesa Lodge Product C Reuters Santa Maria de Dota MORE

Another pioneer is Nanosolar , whose mission is to place a solar panel on every building’ San Francisco Chronicle reported in December, Nanosolar’s manufacturing plant will be based in San Jose, California. MORE

Famous vegan mama indulges her sweet tooth with "crazy" vegan treats from Psycho Donuts in San Jose, California. Read More The post Mayim Bialik Celebrates Emmy Nomination with Vegan Donuts appeared first on Ecorazzi. Eats Entertainment Film/TV News Science Vegan Mayim Bialik MORE

Central America Costa Rica Experiences/Events News Nosara Osa Peninsula San Jose The Americas Tours Alta Hotel Cayuga Collection Coati Green Travel News Harmony Hotel Lapa Rios Eco-Lodge Nature Air Playa Guiones Reuters Enter online to win a week in Costa Rica at eco-luxe lodgings, with organic meals and travel on the world''s first certified carbon-neutral airline. Win the ‘ultimate’ Costa Rican dream green vacation is a post from: Green Traveler Guides. MORE

This foot-shaped piece of land in southern Costa Rica is just about as far from San Jose as you can go without leaving the country. For the birder, roads are an ironic boon. Whether made of asphalt, gravel, or dirt, they help us reach more birding sites in less time. In many places, roads bring us to ever distant nature but the downside is that roads also give access to people who would rather replace forests, wetlands, and grasslands with unsustainable housing and agriculture. MORE

In just a few years, local bans on plastic bags have spread from San Francisco to Honolulu to the North Shore of Massachusetts. very effective, and it’s very cost-effective,” said Kerrie Romanow, director of environmental services for San Jose, Calif. Since San Jose’s ban took effect in 2012, plastic-bag litter in storm drains, which can contribute to flooding, has fallen by 89 percent. This is a special day. MORE

Since Costa Rica is a such a small place, heck, you can go even further afield without too much worries and stay at sites just 3 hours from San Jose at most. March is birding madness in Costa Rica. People with binos roam the forests in lightweight khaki clothes. They hold up traffic to stare into a flowering tree, take over hotels, and DEMAND easy access to bird feeders from the hot sunny coast to the high reaches of the misty paramo. Hell yeah! MORE

Grashow crafted 100 life sized monkeys and hung these playful things inside the San Jose Museum of Art. MORE

This beauty is fairly common in cloud forest, even on the volcanic slopes that overlook the urban conglomeration known as San Jose. As one might surmise, a “toucanet” is a small toucan. MORE

Some other insider questions to think about before birding in Costa Rica include things like, “How can I avoid traffic in San Jose?”, A successful birding adventure tends to include a fair bit of planning. MORE

San Jose Mercury News ). We’ve got promising green news on how we move forward with energy needs in a world of climate change threats. The experience of seeing a California condor in the wild has been more rare than the bird itself…until now. ( The nation’s largest labor unions are gathering to talk about how to create green energy jobs and fight global warming. ( NBC 10 Pittsburgh ). What’s hungry, aggressive and is destroying Caribbean reefs? MORE

The wet lands around San Jose Del Cabo and Todos Santos are the primary areas for the population, but I have seen them in Agua Caliente and as far north as La Purisima. I have no doubt that they could also be seen in the extensive marsh areas of Magdalena Bay, Puerto Lopez Mateo and even up to San Ignacio. Thru their hard work, much of the wetlands around Todos Santos and San Jose Del Cabo have been set aside for the future of this very pretty little bird. MORE

And in the late afternoon of Wednesday, October 11th, I landed at the Juan Santamaria airport of the capital San Jose (I’ll be honest with you – before I was invited to the country, I didn’t know the name of its capital). MORE

The USCC would like to thank the 2012 ICAW sponsors for their generous support: A-1 Organics, BioCycle, Chick-Fil-A, GenPak, Ingeo, City of San Jose, Garick, WeCare Organics, Recology, Chamness Technologies, St. MORE

It’s sort of stuck between San Jose and Cartago and since it’s a volcano, it doesn’t stop at dominating the skyline. Irazu is the name of a volcano in Costa Rica. In fitting with proper volcanic decorum, it must loom or lord over a nearby populace with either a hint or a fistful of menace. Fortunately, for the moment, Irazu’s menace is diminished to a very welcoming hint. MORE

All Central America Costa Rica Eco-adventure Eco-lodges Farmers' markets Osa Peninsula Restaurants/Cafes San Jose Coopedota Feria Verde Finca Bellavista James Kaiser Playa Nicuesa Lodge Product C Reuters Santa Maria de Dota MORE

As soon as you leave the airport near San Jose, unless you are coming from the southeastern states during the summer months, you won’t help but notice the higher level of humidity. San Jose Traffic : Ouch! Most birding time in Costa Rica is spent away from San Jose so no problem there. If you have to bird from the San Jose area, you will miss out on the traffic by leaving at five in the morning to go birding anyways. MORE

Meanwhile, in San Jose, Calif., If you’ve got some downtime between barbecues and fireworks (or, outside of the U.S., obsessing over World Cup matches), here’s some bird news to peruse: Loss of suitable habitat , instead of insecticides, seems to be the culprit in declining numbers of grassland birds. Know what else kills grassland birds? Ill-timed mowing … which a petition aims to stop in New York’s Hudson Valley. officials are considering bird-friendly building regulations. MORE

The original idea involved a roundabout trip that went from the San Jose area to the wet foothills and lowlands of the Caribbean slope, then back up to cloud forest, high-elevation forest, way back down to the hot habitats of the Pacific coast, and then up to San Jose. Last weekend, I went on a quest. The adventure was sort of like a search for treasure, except that the jewels were feisty, feathered sprites. MORE

The cuts made by the publicly traded company, which is based in San Jose, Calif., are largely You should beware U.S. companies making announcements about decisions and using government policy as a cover these days, but this seems to make economic sense: American solar company SunPower will lay off about 3 percent of its workforce in March, a decision that comes after President Trump began imposing new tariffs on imported solar materials earlier this month.  MORE

In Costa Rica, that would mean the Sarapiqui area because this is where we find the closest Caribbean lowland forests to San Jose. It takes about four or four and a half hours to drive to Casa Calateas from the San Jose area. MORE

MORE

SoloPower is currently applying for a Department of Energy loan to increase its production abilities at their San Jose factory. This week, a company called SoloPower unveiled a new line of flexible solar panels for commercial rooftops. SoloPower makes thin-film cells from a combination of copper, indium, gallium, and selenium which is then placed on a flexible foil. MORE

Located less than an hour’s drive from San Jose, this latter spot also offers some of the most exciting and accessible birding near the capital of Costa Rica. Want to know a good recipe for tons of different bird species? MORE

The following are twelve such species of hummingbirds easily seen after an hour or so drive from the San Jose area: Rufous-tailed Hummingbird. We need to travel a bit lower in elevation for this little beauty but it’s still quite accessible with an hour or so drive from San Jose. MORE

Instead of freaking out the doves in farm fields up north, our bird flew over San Jose to make house just outside Cartago, one of the main cities in Costa Rica! In Costa Rica, we don’t get many chances to chase birds. MORE

Well, it is around San Jose and on the Pacific slope but not on the Caribbean side of the mountains. Are you headed to Costa Rica this year? I hope so because the birding and biodiversity are fantastic, and the flight time from most places in the USA is less than six hours. In other words, it’s easier to bird than most might think. MORE

From San Jose, it takes four to four and a half hours but given the excellent birding opps on the way, you might want to allocate a bit more time. Since we took the very birdy route past San Ramon, we of course did, and ended up seeing several tanagers, and excellent looks at the Northern Schiffornis at the start of the Manuel Brenes road. There are lots of great birding sites in Costa Rica. MORE

Adventure Blog (always click 4 all blogs) Chicago Health & Wellness Yoga Costa Rica hammock no Facebook no phone no Twitter reflection retreat San Jose unplug vow of silenceI found a vacant wicker rocking chair on top of a hill that gave me a much better view than my home page on Facebook. I scanned the clouds with a refreshed set of young eyes. MORE

If you are in the need for commercial roofing contractors in San Jose or any of their other service areas then consider Cool Roofing Systems. MORE

Brown signed the bill at a solar panel manufacturing plant near San Jose. USAToday : Gov. MORE

The first thing most people think of when the Baja, Mexico comes up, is “Cabo” or Cabo San Lucas, as it is officially called. For me, the southernmost end of the Baja, is all about the estuary in nearby San Jose Del Cabo. MORE

That gave me Sunday morning off to re-visit the estuary at San Jose Del Cabo for the first time since Hurricane Lidia struck the area. Last weekend, my work had me driving to the very southern end of the Baja. MORE

Hundreds of them have washed ashore dead between San Jose and Piura on the country’s north coast. Hardy Jones, executive director of BlueVoice.org and Dr. Carlos Yaipen Llanos of ORCA Peru covered 135 kilometers of beach running north from the fishing village of San Jose. MORE

Although a lot of beautiful rainforest was replaced by bananas, cattle pasture, and other ag-lands many years ago, at least we can still enjoy great birding at a number of sites, most of which are easily accessible including Sarapiqui, the most visited site in the lowlands north of San Jose. MORE

Following the successful completion of a long pilot program, Starbucks announced that San Francisco branches will be among the first to offer the wireless charging technology to customers. MORE