Costa Rica, 7-29 April 2015 Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

Costa Rica, 7-29 April 2015

A search for some good birdable countries outside Africa, brought us to Costa Rica, where we stayed from April 7-29, 2015.
Our second day we picked-up our rental car and started our journey through the country.
The first week we did 'the northern loop', visiting sites like Poás Volcano, Sarapiqui and the Monteverde area.
From the second week on we were accompanied by our friends Erik and Jonne Kleyheeg,
with whom we travelled to sites like Carara, Corcovado, San Gerardo de Dota and Rancho Naturalista.
Time flew by, and the day of departure came at least three weeks to early.
Still we managed to see an astonishing 421 species of birds, 33 species of mammals and circa 40 species of reptiles and amphibians.
More then we could ever hope for.

Click here to see the photo's of Erik and Jonne Kleyheeg.

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Albert Meek		01-Jan-2016 11:28
Prachtige serie uit Costa Rica. Ik ben er ook ooit geweest (helaas voor werk en slechts 1 1/2 dag er op uit gekund). Ik ga zeker nog eens terug, maar dan voor de vakantie!

Paul van Giersbergen		02-Nov-2015 16:00
Een prachtige serie foto's die heel mooi de enorm gevariëerde fauna van Costa Rica weergeeft.

joseantonio		12-Jul-2015 10:02
An amazing contry and great gallery on its birds.V

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		27-Jun-2015 11:07
hoi Rick en Jose, te gekke serie zover. ook die kikkers zijn echt fantastich. Bizarre hoeveelheid soorten gezien zeg, echt super. Ik ben heel benieuwd naar de rest. Hebben jullie alles zelf gedaan of ook af en toe een gids gehuurd voor de lastige soorten? Els en ik zijn ook weer aan het kijken voor volgend jaar en costa rica is een goede kanshebber. Groetjes Rob

John Barreiro		19-Jun-2015 23:13
An excellent collection. V

Hennie & Lies Lammers		13-Jun-2015 11:56
Prachtige serie foto's hebben jullie gemaakt van Costa Rica

The Ellisons		31-May-2015 11:29
Wow, jullie hebben wederom een fantastische reis gemaakt zie ik. Een land dat ook hoog op onze verlanglijst staat, mn vanwege de kikkers en vogels. Gezien de aantallen verschillende soorten die jullie hebben gezien, zullen er vast nog veel mooie foto's volgen: we kijken er naar uit!

Erik Kleyheeg		02-May-2015 21:43
Leuk, de eerste plaatjes staan erop!! Ben erg benieuwd naar het vervolg, vooral van de eerste week natuurlijk!

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Tawny-Winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina saturata	Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor olivascens	Brown Bark Scorpion Centruroides gracilis	Corcovado's primary forest	Bee nest
Corcovado's primary forest	Many-Scaled Anole Anolis polylepis	Bighead Anole Anolis capito	Forest Giant Owl Caligo eurilochus sulanus	Rick @ Work
Erik @ Work	Bare-Throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum	Snowy Egret Egretta thula thula	Snowy Egret Egretta thula thula	Snowy Egret Egretta thula thula
Snowy Egret Egretta thula thula	Baird's Tapir Tapirus bairdii	Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis albicollis	Us, at a Pacific Sunset	Sunset at the Pacific
Sunset at the Pacific	Setting of Sirena Ranger Station	Birding around the Ranger Station	Our travel party at expedition in Corcovado	Cane Toad Rhinella marina
Cane Toad Rhinella marina	Terciopelo Viper Bothrops asper	Terciopelo Viper Bothrops asper	Terciopelo Viper Bothrops asper	Terciopelo Viper Bothrops asper
Giant Red-Winged Grasshopper Tropidacris cristata cristata	Many-Scaled Anole Anolis polylepis	Central American Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus alfari browni	Central American Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi ornatus	Bare-Throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
Spix's Disk-Winged Bat Thyroptera tricolor tricolor	Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus fuscus	Chestnut-Backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul occidentalis	Great Tinamou Tinamus major castaneiceps	Great Tinamou Tinamus major castaneiceps
Great Tinamou Tinamus major castaneiceps	Arcuate Tent-Making Bat Uroderma convexum convexum	Arcuate Tent-Making Bat Uroderma convexum convexum	Red-Washed Satyr Pierella helvina incanescens	Yellow-Headed Caracara Milvago chimachima cordata
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus	Great Curassow Crax rubra rubra	Great Curassow Crax rubra rubra	Hotel Grounds of Finca Maresia	Peruvian Shield Mantis Choeradodis rhombicollis
Peruvian Shield Mantis Choeradodis rhombicollis	Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii	Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii	Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii	Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii
Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii	Yellow-Bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster subpagana	Yellow-Bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster subpagana	Yellow-Bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster subpagana	Yellow-Bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster subpagana
Yellow-Bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster subpagana	Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis	Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus concinnus	Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus	Meso-American Slider Trachemys venusta ssp.
Black-Winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax funerea	Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus	Isla Olocuita	Tropical Paradise	Just a Tree Crown
The popular white strands of Manuel Antonio	Panamanian White-Throated Capuchin Cebus imitator	Hoffmann's Two-Toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni hoffmanni	Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor crassidens	Our travel party at dinner
Car trouble	Rick @ Work	Bat Cave	Bat Cave	Seba's Short-Tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata azteca
Jonne and Rick exploring the Bat Cave	Rock formations inside the Cave	Entering the Bat Cave	Natural stream at the Plantation	Mangrove Forest
Mangrove Forest	Mangrove Forest	Damas Mangrove	José and Erik with our guide Maurelio	Common Vampire Bat Desmodus rotundus murinus
Common Vampire Bat Desmodus rotundus murinus	Orange Nectar Bat Lonchophylla robusta	Seba's Short-Tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata azteca	Seba's Short-Tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata azteca	Greater Spear-Nosed Bat Phyllostomus hastatus panamensis
Seba's Short-Tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata azteca	Seba's Short-Tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata azteca	Greater White-Lined Bat Saccopteryx bilineata centralis	Greater White-Lined Bat Saccopteryx bilineata centralis	The River Trail of Carara
The River Trail of Carara	Central American Silky Anteater Cyclopes dorsalis	Proboscis Bat Rhynchonycteris naso	Proboscis Bat Rhynchonycteris naso	Central American Silky Anteater Cyclopes dorsalis
Green Heron Butorides virescens virescens	Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana opistholeuca	Hibiscus spec.	Ruschenberger Tree Boa Corallus ruschenbergerii	Northern Ghost Bat Diclidurus albus
Rufous-Tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda melanogenia	Rufous-Tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda melanogenia	Scarlet Macaw Ara macao macao	Painted Wood Turtle Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni	Painted Wood Turtle Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni
Northern Black-Throated Trogon Trogon tenellus	Turquoise-Browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa australis	Turquoise-Browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa australis	Red-Lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis salvini	Black-Headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
Southern Opossum Didelphis marsupialis etensis	Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans cachinnans	Scarlet Macaw Ara macao macao	Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus similis	Turquoise-Browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa australis
Yellow-Headed Caracara Milvago chimachima cordata	Yellow-Headed Caracara Milvago chimachima cordata	Yellow-Headed Caracara Milvago chimachima cordata	White-Winged Dove Zenaida asiatica australis	White-Winged Dove Zenaida asiatica australis
White-Winged Dove Zenaida asiatica australis	Groove-Billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris	Groove-Billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris	Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides rigidus	Rufous-Backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus capistratus
Rufous-Backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus capistratus	Rufous-Backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus capistratus	Rufous-Backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus capistratus	Red-Legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes	Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga leucogaster	Boat-Billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius panamensis	Boat-Billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius panamensis	Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias herodias	The murky waters of Tárcoles River
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis cayannensis	American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus	Tárcoles River	American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica	Bare-Throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum	Bare-Throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum	Bare-Throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum	American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus
Black-Necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus	Black-Necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus	American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus	Dry woodland north of the Tárcoles River	Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor ruficollis
American White Ibis Eudocimus albus albus	American White Ibis Eudocimus albus albus	American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus	American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus	Boat-Billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius panamensis
Bare-Throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum	Bare-Throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum	Wood Stork Mycteria americana	American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus	Common Basilisk Basiliscus basiliscus basiliscus
Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus difficilis	Clay-Colored Thrush Turdus grayi casius	Common Spiny-Tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis	Common Spiny-Tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis	Pacific slope of Cordillera Tilarán
Flower	Dry Forest of Bajo del Tigre	Three-Wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus	Three-Wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus	Three-Wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
Three-Wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus	Copper Anole Anolis cupreus cupreus	Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus swainsoni	Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata richmondi	Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata richmondi
Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus cabanidis	Cascade along the Quebrada Cuecha	Lianas in Monteverde	Rick birding the cloudy Forest	Cloud Forest
José at the tree tops Hanging Bridge	The way up to the Hanging Bridge	Epiphytes in the wet forest	Epiphytes in the wet forest	Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor
Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus cabanidis	White-Fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons nana	Sunset at Monte Verde	Along the road to Monte Verde	White-Throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosa pompata