DSC_9752b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_9758b.jpgStreaked Flycatcher |
DSC_9759b.jpgStreaked Flycatcher |
DSC_9767b.jpgTurkey Vulture |
DSC_9773b.jpgTricolored Heron |
DSC_9778b.jpgNeotropic Cormorants |
DSC_9780b.jpgRoseate Spoonbill |
DSC_9784b.jpgRoseate Spoonbills |
DSC_9788b.jpgWhite Ibis |
DSC_9789b.jpgWhite Ibis |
DSC_9790b.jpgWhite Ibis |
DSC_9796b.jpgWhite Ibis |
DSC_9797b.jpgSpotted Sandpiper |
DSC_9801b.jpgSemipalmated Plovers and Sanderlings |
DSC_9803b.jpgGreat Egret |
DSC_9807b.jpgMore Semipalmated Plovers |
DSC_9808b.jpgAnd more |
DSC_9810b.jpgFuzzy Yellow-headed Caracara, on a snag in the water, as we raced by |
DSC_9813b.jpgMagnificent Frigatebirds, roosting on the mangroves |
DSC_9815b.jpgMore Frigatebirds |
DSC_9817b.jpgGreat Blue Heron |
DSC_9818b.jpgPlumbeous Kite |
DSC_9825b.jpgBlack Vultures |
DSC_9827b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_9829b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_9834b.jpgFemale and male Magnificent Frigatebirds |
DSC_9835b.jpgMagnificent Frigatebirds |
DSC_9838b.jpgMore Frigatebirds |
DSC_9840b.jpgMagnificent Frigatebirds |
DSC_9843b.jpgJuvenile and female frigatebirds |
DSC_9844b.jpgCloser view |
DSC_9847b.jpgMale Magnificent Frigatebird |
DSC_9852b.jpgMale Magnificent Frigatebird |
DSC_9855b.jpgSnowy Egret |
DSC_9858b.jpgSnowy Egret |
DSC_9864b.jpgAnother Common Night Hawk |
DSC_9871b.jpgImmature Little Blue Heron |
DSC_9872b.jpgBoat-billed Heron, hiding in the mangrove |
DSC_9873b.jpgBoat-billed Heron |
DSC_9876b.jpgBoat-billed Heron |
DSC_9878b.jpgBoat-billed Heron |
DSC_9886b.jpgAnhinga, on the left, and Roseate Spoonbills |
DSC_9890b.jpgMale Ringed Kingfisher, with what looks like a small catfish |
DSC_9894b.jpgWe apparently watched him for a few minutes, because I got several photos. |
DSC_9895b.jpgVery acrobatic |
DSC_9896b.jpgMale Ringed Kingfisher
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DSC_9897b.jpgMale Ringed Kingfisher |
DSC_9898b.jpgMale Ringed Kingfisher |
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DSC_9920b.jpgWe left before he managed to get his fish swallowed. |
DSC_9924b.jpgRufous-browed Peppershrike |
DSC_9927b.jpgNorthern Tropical Pewee |
DSC_9928b.jpgRight profile |
DSC_9929b.jpgLeft profile |
DSC_9931b.jpgRight again |
DSC_9932b.jpgHead-on |
DSC_9935b.jpgAnd a little closer |
DSC_9936b.jpgSo cooperative |
DSC_9940b.jpgBack view of American Pygmy Kingfisher |
DSC_9942b.jpgAmerican Pygmy Kingfisher |
DSC_9944b.jpgAmerican Pygmy Kingfisher |
DSC_9945b.jpgAmerican Pygmy Kingfisher |
DSC_9954b.jpgFinally, he turns around |
DSC_9955b.jpgAmerican Pygmy Kingfisher |
DSC_9963b.jpgAmerican Pygmy Kingfisher |
DSC_9965b.jpgTaking flight |
DSC_9966b.jpgAnd another back view |
DSC_9972b.jpgAmerican Pygmy Kingfisher |
DSC_9987b.jpgYellow-naped Parrot |
DSC_9988b.jpgYellow-naped Parrot |
DSC_0006b.jpgYellow-naped Parrot |
DSC_0010b.jpgThere's the yellow nape |
DSC_0017b.jpgYellow-naped Parrot |
DSC_0018b.jpgYellow-naped Parrot |
DSC_0022b.jpgYellow-naped Parrot |
DSC_0028b.jpgYellow-naped Parrot |
DSC_0038b.jpgWhimbrel |
DSC_0045b.jpgBrown Pelicans, roosting |
DSC_0047b.jpgBrown Pelican, preening |
DSC_0060b.jpgOsprey, with a fish |
DSC_0065b.jpgGreen Heron |
DSC_0066b.jpgGreen Kingfisher |
DSC_0071b.jpgGreen Kingfisher |
DSC_0073b.jpgCollared Plover
A life bird for us |
DSC_0075b.jpgCollared Plover |
DSC_0083b.jpgCollared Plover |
DSC_0085b.jpgScratching an itch |
DSC_0101b.jpgCollared Plover |
DSC_0112b.jpgCollared Plover |
DSC_0119b.jpgCollared Plover |
DSC_0132b.jpgGray-breasted Martins? |
DSC_0142b.jpgMangrove Swallow |
DSC_0146b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0148b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0149b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0150b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0153b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0155b.jpgBack on shore, we found this White-winged Dove, browner than the ones we have at home. |
DSC_0157b.jpgWillet
Back on the bus, we rode to the cruise ship dock and beach on the Puntarenas Peninsula. |
DSC_0161b.jpgAnother Whimbrel |
DSC_0162b.jpgWhimbrel |
DSC_0167b.jpgSanderling |
DSC_0170b.jpgA Pacific Golden-Plover was reported at the beach in the days before we arrived and Erick was excited to find it, because it was a life bird for him. |
DSC_0187b.jpgPacific Golden-Plover |
DSC_0192b.jpgPacific Golden-Plover, taking a stretch |
DSC_0195b.jpgPacific Golden-Plover |
DSC_0200b.jpgThe cruise ship docking pier had a variety of birds perching on it, including Brown Pelicans, gulls and terns. |
DSC_0207b.jpgThe pier was too far away to get good photos, but Erick identified birds through his spotting scope. |
PXL_20230403_180911813b.jpgBrown Pelicans, gulls and terns
Photo taken by our guide, Erick Guzmán, using his spotting scope and my Pixel phone |
DSC_0212b.jpgSilver-throated Tanager
We left the beach and drove on toward Arenal Observatory Lodge, but stopped briefly along the way at a little place called San Luis Canopy. The staff had put out fruit that drew a variety of birds. Sometimes they were so close we couldn't focus our long lenses on them. |
DSC_0213b.jpgCommon Chlorospingus |
DSC_0215b.jpgCommon Chlorospingus |
DSC_0217b.jpgCommon Chlorospingus |
DSC_0220b.jpgBack view of Bay-headed Tanager |
DSC_0221b.jpgBay-headed Tanager |
DSC_0222b.jpgBay-headed Tanager |
DSC_0230b.jpgThe Emerald Tanager was, indeed, a gem. |
DSC_0233b.jpgEmerald Tanager |
DSC_0235b.jpgSilver-throated and Bay-headed Tanagers, with a fuzzy Clay-colored Thrush in the foreground |
DSC_0238b.jpgFull frontal Bay-headed Tanager at last |
DSC_0243b.jpgSilver-throated Tanagers, chowing down on banana |
DSC_0245b.jpgA popular spot |
DSC_0247b.jpgMale Green Honeycreeper |
DSC_0249b.jpgGreen Honeycreeper and Silver-throated Tanager |
DSC_0254b.jpgHead-on view of the Common Chlorospingus |
DSC_0255b.jpgCommon Chlorospingus |
DSC_0258b.jpgFemale Green Honeycreeper and Silver-throated Tanager |
DSC_0263b.jpgEmerald Tanager, Green Honeycreeper and Silver-throated Tanager |
DSC_0264b.jpgEmerald Tanager |
DSC_0265b.jpgClose-up |
DSC_0268b.jpgBack view |
DSC_0269b.jpgAnother back view of the Emerald Tanager |
DSC_0276b.jpgThe national bird of Costa Rica, the Clay-colored Thrush |
DSC_0278b.jpgFemale Green Honeycreeper and Silver-throated Tanager |
DSC_0280b.jpgFemale Green Honeycreeper |
DSC_0282b.jpgBlue-gray Tanager |
DSC_0287b.jpgFemale Green Honeycreeper |
DSC_0288b.jpgProfile of the Bay-headed Tanager |
DSC_0291b.jpgSilver-throated Tanager |
DSC_0299b.jpgThis Rufous-tailed Hummingbird was sipping nectar from nearby plants. |
DSC_0302b.jpgRufous-tailed Hummingbird |
DSC_0305b.jpgMale Green Honeycreeper |
DSC_0311b.jpgWe made one more roadside stop on our way to Arenal Lodge when Erick found this Green Ibis in the fog. |