DSC_8234b.jpgMagnificent Frigatebirds, roosting atop trees on the bird island |
DSC_8239b.jpgThe Red-footed Booby was a surprise. |
DSC_8249b.jpgMagnificent Frigatebird, at rest |
DSC_8263b.jpgAdult female Magnificent Frigatebird |
DSC_8271b.jpgRed-footed Booby, in flight |
DSC_8274b.jpgRed-footed Booby doesn't have those feet visible in flight. |
DSC_8300b.jpgAdult female Pacific Brown Booby |
DSC_8314b.jpgCattle Egrets |
DSC_8317b.jpgMale Pacific Brown Boobies |
DSC_8326b.jpgJuvenile 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. |
DSC_8333b.jpgAdult male Magnificent Frigatebird, doing its best Bela Lugosi impression |
DSC_8339b.jpgJuvenile Brown Boobies |
DSC_8347b.jpgSanderlings, along the shore at the mouth of Rio Sierpe |
DSC_8372b.jpgGreat-tailed Grackle, photo-bombing the sanderlings |
DSC_8377b.jpgSemipalmated Plover |
DSC_8396b.jpgSemipalmated Plovers |
DSC_8398b.jpgWilson's Plover |
DSC_8402b.jpgWilson's Plover |
DSC_8404b.jpgSemipalmated Plover |
DSC_8407b.jpgSemipalmated Plovers |
DSC_8411b.jpgMore plovers |
DSC_8420b.jpgWhimbrel |
DSC_8431b.jpgSeveral hawks were circling together, very high, but I only managed to get a couple of poor shots of the Short-tailed Hawk. |
DSC_8434b.jpgShort-tailed Hawk |
DSC_8456b.jpgFemale Belted Kingfisher |
DSC_8459b.jpgMore Semipalmated Plovers |
DSC_8471b.jpgRed-crowned Woodpecker |
DSC_8474b.jpgRed-crowned Woodpecker |
DSC_8487b.jpgMasked Tityra |
DSC_8496b.jpgSouthern Lapwing |
DSC_8498b.jpgSouthern Lapwing |
DSC_8511b.jpgPiratic Flycatcher |
DSC_8516b.jpgGray-cowled Wood-Rails |
DSC_8518b.jpgGray-cowled Wood-Rail |
DSC_8524b.jpgGray-cowled Wood-Rail |
DSC_8525b.jpgGray-cowled Wood-Rail |
DSC_8531b.jpgGray-cowled Wood-Rail |
DSC_8534b.jpgSouthern Lapwing |
DSC_8535b.jpgSouthern Lapwing |
DSC_8537b.jpgSpotted Sandpiper |
DSC_8541b.jpgSouthern Lapwings |
DSC_8543b.jpgImmature Little Blue Heron |
DSC_8554b.jpgCommon Potoo |
DSC_8556b.jpgCommon Potoo |
DSC_8562b.jpgCommon Potoo |
DSC_8562bb.jpgCommon Potoo |
DSC_8584b.jpgMangrove Hummingbird |
DSC_8618b.jpgMangrove Swallows |
DSC_8626b.jpgScarlet Macaw |
DSC_8633b.jpgA pair of Scarlet Macaws |
DSC_8637b.jpgScarlet Macaws, grooming each other |
DSC_8641b.jpgGreen Heron |
DSC_8660b.jpgLesser Nighthawk, on a mangrove limb over the river |
DSC_8661b.jpgLesser Nighthawk |
DSC_8724b.jpgMangrove Swallow |
DSC_8739b.jpgTropical Mockingbird, in the trees at the park we visited in Sierpe |
DSC_8759b.jpgSocial Flycatcher, back at Drake Bay Wilderness Resort |
DSC_8800b.jpgToo-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 |