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2023 Costa Rica Trip, Day 5

On Day 5 of our trip (Thu, 3/31), we took to our boat again for an excursion up Rio Sierpe. On the way, we stopped at a small 'bird island' (maybe 50 meters in diameter and 30 high).
Magnificent Frigatebirds, roosting atop trees on the bird island
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Magnificent Frigatebirds, roosting atop trees on the bird island

The Red-footed Booby was a surprise.
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The Red-footed Booby was a surprise.

Magnificent Frigatebird, at rest
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Magnificent Frigatebird, at rest

Adult female Magnificent Frigatebird
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Adult female Magnificent Frigatebird

Red-footed Booby, in flight
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Red-footed Booby, in flight

Red-footed Booby doesn't have those feet visible in flight.
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Red-footed Booby doesn't have those feet visible in flight.

Adult female Pacific Brown Booby
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Adult female Pacific Brown Booby

Cattle Egrets
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Cattle Egrets

Male Pacific Brown Boobies
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Male Pacific Brown Boobies

Juvenile Magnificent Frigatebird
We got close enough to the steep sides of the island that we were under some of the birds perched on overhanging branches.
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Juvenile Magnificent Frigatebird
We got close enough to the steep sides of the island that we were under some of the birds perched on overhanging branches.

Adult male Magnificent Frigatebird, doing its best Bela Lugosi impression
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Adult male Magnificent Frigatebird, doing its best Bela Lugosi impression

Juvenile Brown Boobies
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Juvenile Brown Boobies

Sanderlings, along the shore at the mouth of Rio Sierpe
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Sanderlings, along the shore at the mouth of Rio Sierpe

Great-tailed Grackle, photo-bombing the sanderlings
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Great-tailed Grackle, photo-bombing the sanderlings

Semipalmated Plover
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Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Plovers
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Semipalmated Plovers

Wilson's Plover
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Wilson's Plover

Wilson's Plover
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Wilson's Plover

Semipalmated Plover
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Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Plovers
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Semipalmated Plovers

More plovers
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More plovers

Whimbrel
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Whimbrel

Several hawks were circling together, very high, but I only managed to get a couple of poor shots of the Short-tailed Hawk.
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Several hawks were circling together, very high, but I only managed to get a couple of poor shots of the Short-tailed Hawk.

Short-tailed Hawk
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Short-tailed Hawk

Female Belted Kingfisher
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Female Belted Kingfisher

More Semipalmated Plovers
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More Semipalmated Plovers

Red-crowned Woodpecker
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Red-crowned Woodpecker

Red-crowned Woodpecker
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Red-crowned Woodpecker

Masked Tityra
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Masked Tityra

Southern Lapwing
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Southern Lapwing

Southern Lapwing
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Southern Lapwing

Piratic Flycatcher
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Piratic Flycatcher

Gray-cowled Wood-Rails
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Gray-cowled Wood-Rails

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
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Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
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Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
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Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
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Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Southern Lapwing
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Southern Lapwing

Southern Lapwing
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Southern Lapwing

Spotted Sandpiper
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Spotted Sandpiper

Southern Lapwings
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Southern Lapwings

Immature Little Blue Heron
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Immature Little Blue Heron

Common Potoo
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Common Potoo

Common Potoo
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Common Potoo

Common Potoo
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Common Potoo

Common Potoo
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Common Potoo

Mangrove Hummingbird
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Mangrove Hummingbird

Mangrove Swallows
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Mangrove Swallows

Scarlet Macaw
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Scarlet Macaw

A pair of Scarlet Macaws
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A pair of Scarlet Macaws

Scarlet Macaws, grooming each other
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Scarlet Macaws, grooming each other

Green Heron
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Green Heron

Lesser Nighthawk, on a mangrove limb over the river
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Lesser Nighthawk, on a mangrove limb over the river

Lesser Nighthawk
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Lesser Nighthawk

Mangrove Swallow
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Mangrove Swallow

Tropical Mockingbird, in the trees at the park we visited in Sierpe
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Tropical Mockingbird, in the trees at the park we visited in Sierpe

Social Flycatcher, back at Drake Bay Wilderness Resort
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Social Flycatcher, back at Drake Bay Wilderness Resort

Too-late-in-the-day-for-photos shot of a Common Black Hawk with prey, on the shoreline rocks at the resort, as we were heading for dinner
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Too-late-in-the-day-for-photos shot of a Common Black Hawk with prey, on the shoreline rocks at the resort, as we were heading for dinner