Green Kingfisher, on the Sierpe River

Green Kingfisher

Green Kingfisher

Female Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Royal Tern

Sanderlings

Sanderlings

Tricolored Heron

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Green Heron

Roadside Hawk

Common Potoo, in the same location we saw it yesterday

Back view of the Common Potoo

Broad-winged Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Black Vulture

Female Morelet's Seedeater (formerly White-collared)
After touring more of Rio Sierpe, we disembarked at the town of Sierpe, got on our bus and headed for Villa Lapas, stopping a couple of places along the way, including Jaco Wetland.

Female Morelet's Seedeater

Groove-billed Anis

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Eastern Meadowlark

Red-breasted Meadowlark

Juvenile Northern Jacana

At a stop at Carara National Park, we saw this Scarlet Macaw.

Scarlet Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Gartered Trogon

Variable Seedeater

Gartered Trogon

Gartered Trogon

Next, we stopped along the Tarcoles River, where we saw this Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl.

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
You can see the 'eyes in the back of his head.'

Double-striped Thick-Knee
We took a detour off the highway into Tarcoles and drove up La Barca Road, past the entrance to Cerro Lodge, to look for some specific birds.

Pacific Screech-Owl
Photo taken by our guide, Erick Guzmán, using his spotting scope and my Pixel phone.

Pacific Screech-Owl, in a tree at a residence farther up La Barca Road

Pacific Screech-Owl, at a residence on La Barca Road, past the entrance to Cerro Lodge

Pacific Screech-Owl

Pacific Screech-Owl

Bat Falcon, on a power line back out on the main highway

Bat Falcon

Bat Falcon

Bat Falcon, scratching an itch

Bat Falcon, preening