About Alex Vargas

Alex Vargas is a Costa Rican living in Thailand...
Alex was a bird guide for 20 seasons in Latin America and the Caribbean Islands, specializing in Costa Rica, the richest country with more species per square meter... a paradise hosting 4% of the world's biodiversity. Today Alex lives with his Costa Rican wife and his lovely daughter in another jewel of nature and birding: Thailand, where he spends a good part of his life chasing amazing and exotic birds, this time with a camera in hand... Bird-photography has become his big passion and today he has a growing gallery with birds from several hotspots of the world. Since he started seriously into bird-photo, has been widely published in books and magazines from around the globe.
To share birds, photos and the love for nature, please visit: https://www.birdphotoforum.com
Alex galleries: https://www.pbase.com/alex_vargas

Sunbirds Heaven

Sunbirds are Fantastic birds and Krating Waterfall it’s a real Hotspot to photograph them! I was trilled to see 3 species of Sunbirds at the roadside gardens of the Rain […]

Waders Galore

Thailand is invaded by thousands of waders every winter… Kho Kham it’s a fantastic site to photograph them! Just over an hour away from Bangkok, Kho Kham Salt Pans it’s […]

Banded Pitta in Southern Thailand

Banded Pitta… A Bird-Photo Jewel Pittas are fascinating birds that hope around the forest floors in tropical Asia and Australasia, with a couple of species found in Africa. The Banded […]

Birds + Photography = BIRDPHOTO

Birding with a camera in Thailand. Birdwatching is today, one of the strongest lines of tourism around the globe. According to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service study, only in […]