Montezuma Oropendula
near the feeder next to the dining room
at Selva Verde Lodge, Costa Rica

Montezuma Oropendula being acrobatic

Red-throated Ant-Tanager
on our before-breakfast walk

Red-throated Ant-Tanager

Fasciated Tiger-Heron
Catherine spotted along the creek
at Selva Verde Lodge

Catherine and I went around to a balcony off the reception area at Selva Verde Lodge to get a closer look at the Fasciated Tiger-Heron after the rest of the group went back for breakfast.

Fasciated Tiger-Heron preening

Fasciated Tiger-Heron

Fasciated Tiger-Heron

Fasciated Tiger-Heron

Fasciated Tiger-Heron

Fasciated Tiger-Heron

Fasciated Tiger-Heron
When they sit and pose, it's difficult to stop shooting.

Montezuma Oropendula
near the dining area
at Selva Verde Lodge, CR

Montezuma Oropendula

Montezuma Oropendula

Montezuma Oropendula

Montezuma Oropendula
(see previous note on tiger-heron)

After breakfast, Enrique drove us to Tirimbina Biological Reserve.

Female Green Honeycreeper with nesting material

Black-cheeked Woodpecker
with an insect at a nest hole

Black-cheeked Woodpecker
presumed feeding its young

Gray-headed Chachalaca

Two of at least three Gray-headed Chachalacas
seen along the trail at Tirimbina Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Gray-headed Chachalacas

The suspension bridge across the Sarapiquí River
at Tirimbina Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Female Amazon Kingfisher
on the branch of a tree overlooking the Sarapiquí River

Female Amazon Kingfisher

Female Amazon Kingfisher

Female Amazon Kingfisher

Immature pit viper along the trail at Tirimbina Biological Reserve

Black Vulture

Snowy Egret
on a rock in the Sarapiquí River

Yellow-throated Toucan

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

After we left Tirimbina, we drove through the town of Puerto Viejo and found some Groove-billed Anis.

Groove-billed Ani

Groove-billed Ani
Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

Groove-billed Ani

Do you see an owl's eye?
We went to La Selva Biological Station where Erick and Enrique showed us a pair of Vermiculated Screech-Owls. We took lots of photos, but the birds were well back into the trees from the road where we were.

Vermiculated Screech-Owl

Vermiculated Screech-Owl
A digiscoped photo using Mary's phone makes the owl look like it's in a snow globe or some dreamscape.

Another digiscoped photo of the Vermiculated Screech-Owl using my phone

Back at Selva Verde Lodge, I took a few last photos of the Cinnamon Becard on and near its nest in a Cecropia tree in the field behind the dining area.

Cinnamon Becard
above its nest
Selva Verde Lodge, Heredia Province, Costa Rica

Cinnamon Becard and nest
Selva Verde Lodge, CR

Cinnamon Becard
wings forward of body as it flies from nest

Pale-vented Pigeon?

Sign advertising the river boat tour we took on the Sarapiquí River

Sarapiquí River

Non-breeding Spotted Sandpiper

Mangrove Swallow
on a snag in the Sarapiquí River, CR

Mangrove Swallow

Female Amazon Kingfisher
on a snag in the Sarapiquí River

Female Amazon Kingfisher
on a snag in the Sarapiquí River

Female Amazon Kingfisher
launching itself into the Sarapiquí River

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
on the bank of the Sarapiquí River

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Northern Waterthrush

Mangrove Swallow

Proboscis or Sharp-nosed Bats
roosting together on a tree trunk along the Sarapiquí River

Proboscis Bats

Tropical Kingbird

Female Green Kingfisher
on a snag in the Sarapiquí River
At 5 inches, half the size of the Amazon

Female Green Kingfisher
along the Sarapiquí River, CR

Immature Roadside Hawk
on a snag on a sandbar in the Sarapiquí River

Great Kiskadee harassing a Roadside Hawk

Roadside Hawk and Great Kiskadee

Female Amazon Kingfisher with big prize

Amazon Kingfisher with fish

Amazon Kingfisher and fish

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Spotted Sandpiper

Male Anhinga drying his wings

Anhinga

Male Green Basilisk lizard

Male Green Kingfisher

Male Green Kingfisher

Squirrel Cuckoo

Caiman along the Sarapiquí River

Caiman, 6-8 feet long

Caiman

Female Green Basilisk

Buff-rumped Warbler

Green Heron

Green Heron
patrolling the shore near the dock when we returned from our river ride

Green Heron

Green Heron

Red-lored Parrots

Two Great Green Macaws
Enrique suggested we return to the area near Puerto Viejo to look for them.

Great Green Macaws