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2023 Costa Rica Trip, Day 2

We arrived a day early to insure we were in time for the flight to Osa Peninsula on Wednesday, so we had a free day on Tuesday and birded the grounds of Hotel Bougainvillea.
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Trip Day 2 (Tue, 3/28): We had arrived a day early to insure making our connecting flight to the Osa Peninsula, so we had a full day to bird the grounds of the hotel on our own before starting the guided part of our trip.
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Trip Day 2 (Tue, 3/28): We had arrived a day early to insure making our connecting flight to the Osa Peninsula, so we had a full day to bird the grounds of the hotel on our own before starting the guided part of our trip.

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Male and female Baltimore Orioles
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Male and female Baltimore Orioles

Female Baltimore Oriole, taking flight
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Female Baltimore Oriole, taking flight

Male Baltimore Oriole
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Male Baltimore Oriole

Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
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Cinnamon-bellied Saltator

Cinnamon-bellied Saltator, close-up
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Cinnamon-bellied Saltator, close-up

Red-billed Pigeon (L) and a pair of Orange-chinned Parakeets, in the far treetops
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Red-billed Pigeon (L) and a pair of Orange-chinned Parakeets, in the far treetops

Melodious Blackbird
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Melodious Blackbird

Mottled Owl, in its same spot in the bamboo
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Mottled Owl, in its same spot in the bamboo

Rufous-collared Sparrow
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Rufous-collared Sparrow

Yellow-headed Caracara, perched on building next door
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Yellow-headed Caracara, perched on building next door

Rufous-naped Wren
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Rufous-naped Wren

Rufous-naped Wren, drinking from a bromeliad
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Rufous-naped Wren, drinking from a bromeliad

Back side of the Rufous-naped Wren
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Back side of the Rufous-naped Wren

And one more
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And one more

Yellow-green Vireo
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Yellow-green Vireo

Social Flycatcher
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Social Flycatcher

Social Flycatcher, taking off
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Social Flycatcher, taking off

Boat-billed Flycatcher
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Boat-billed Flycatcher

Female Summer Tanager
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Female Summer Tanager

White-eared Ground-Sparrow
Best photo I got
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White-eared Ground-Sparrow
Best photo I got

Red-billed Pigeon
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Red-billed Pigeon

Squirrel Cuckoo
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Squirrel Cuckoo

Squirrel Cuckoo
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Squirrel Cuckoo

Squirrel Cuckoo
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Squirrel Cuckoo

Juvenile Crested Caracara
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Juvenile Crested Caracara

Crested Caracara
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Crested Caracara

Crested Caracara
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Crested Caracara

Crested Caracara
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Crested Caracara

Mottled Owl, in bamboo copse
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Mottled Owl, in bamboo copse

Male Baltimore Oriole
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Male Baltimore Oriole

Inca Dove
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Inca Dove

Blue-Gray Tanager
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Blue-Gray Tanager

Juvenile Crested Caracara
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Juvenile Crested Caracara

Red-lored Parrot
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Red-lored Parrot

Red-lored Parrot
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Red-lored Parrot

Red-lored Parrot
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Red-lored Parrot

Hoffman's Woodpecker
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Hoffman's Woodpecker

Hoffman's Woodpecker
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Hoffman's Woodpecker

Hoffman's Woodpecker
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Hoffman's Woodpecker

Hoffman's Woodpecker
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Hoffman's Woodpecker

Wood-Pewee
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Wood-Pewee

Brown Jay
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Brown Jay

Brown Jay
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Brown Jay

Brown Jay
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Brown Jay

Brown Jay
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Brown Jay

Male Baltimore Oriole, in the pink-flowered tree in the parking lot of the hotel
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Male Baltimore Oriole, in the pink-flowered tree in the parking lot of the hotel

Yellow-headed Caracara, in the trees in the hotel parking lot
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Yellow-headed Caracara, in the trees in the hotel parking lot

Yellow-headed Caracara
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Yellow-headed Caracara

Yellow-headed Caracara
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Yellow-headed Caracara

Yellow-headed Caracara, flying away
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Yellow-headed Caracara, flying away

Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
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Cinnamon-bellied Saltator

Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
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Cinnamon-bellied Saltator

Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
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Cinnamon-bellied Saltator

Eastern Wood-Pewee
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Eastern Wood-Pewee

Eastern Wood-Pewee
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Eastern Wood-Pewee

This adult Crested Caracara dropped some prey on the ground near a juvenile.
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This adult Crested Caracara dropped some prey on the ground near a juvenile.

Juvenile Crested Caracara
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Juvenile Crested Caracara

Juvenile Crested Caracara
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Juvenile Crested Caracara

Juvenile Crested Caracara, with prey dropped by its parent
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Juvenile Crested Caracara, with prey dropped by its parent

Juvenile Crested Caracara, with prey dropped by parent
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Juvenile Crested Caracara, with prey dropped by parent

Just around the corner from the caracaras was this Lesson's Motmot.
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Just around the corner from the caracaras was this Lesson's Motmot.

Lesson's Motmot
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Lesson's Motmot

Back view of the Lesson's Motmot
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Back view of the Lesson's Motmot

Montezuma Oropendula
As I was walking back to the hotel, I noticed a birding group all looking in my direction. When I looked up, I saw a couple of oropendulas in the tree above me.
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Montezuma Oropendula
As I was walking back to the hotel, I noticed a birding group all looking in my direction. When I looked up, I saw a couple of oropendulas in the tree above me.

Montezuma Oropendula
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Montezuma Oropendula

Montezuma Oropendula
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Montezuma Oropendula