IMG_7782b.jpgWe started the day with an early pre-breakfast walk around the neighborhood adjacent to Cerro Lodge. |
IMG_7784b.jpgMary and Steve posed at the sign to the Hotel Cerro Lodge on the way back from the morning walk. |
DSC_0005b.jpgTurquoise-browed Motmot |
DSC_0014b.jpgTurquoise-browed Motmot |
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DSC_0019b.jpgYellow-green Vireo? |
DSC_0022b.jpgHoffmann's Woodpecker at a feeder at Cerro Lodge, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica |
DSC_0023b.jpgHoffmann's Woodpecker |
DSC_0025b.jpgHoffmann's Woodpecker |
DSC_0034b.jpgHoffmann's Woodpeckers |
DSC_0044b.jpgMelodious Blackbird |
DSC_0046b.jpgThree Rufous-naped Wrens |
DSC_0049b.jpgRufous-naped Wrens |
DSC_0050b.jpgRufous-naped Wrens |
DSC_0059b.jpgTurquoise-browed Motmot |
DSC_0063b.jpgTurquoise-browed Motmot |
DSC_0070b.jpgSquirrel Cuckoo |
DSC_0095b.jpgStriped Cuckoo |
DSC_0102b.jpgStriped Cuckoo |
DSC_0125b.jpgBlack-headed Trogon |
DSC_0141b.jpgBlack-headed Trogon |
DSC_0145b.jpgBlack-headed Trogon |
DSC_0160b.jpgTurqoise-browed Motmot |
DSC_0162b.jpgTurqoise-browed Motmot |
DSC_0177b.jpgCrested Caracara |
DSC_0180b.jpgCrested Caracara |
DSC_0184b.jpgBlack-headed Trogon |
DSC_0190b.jpgBlack-headed Trogon |
DSC_0197b.jpgRed mangoes on the tree |
DSC_0199b.jpgBecard nest |
DSC_0201b.jpgRed-lored Parrots |
DSC_0210b.jpgWhite-tipped Doves |
DSC_0224b.jpgScarlet Macaws |
DSC_0226b.jpgScarlet Macaws |
DSC_0236b.jpgScarlet Macaws |
DSC_0257b.jpgRufous-naped Wren |
DSC_0258b.jpgRufous-naped Wren |
DSC_0281b.jpgHoffmann's Woodpecker |
DSC_0285b.jpgHoffmann's Woodpecker |
DSC_0291b.jpgHoffmann's Woodpecker |
DSC_0298b.jpgBlack Vultures |
DSC_0310b.jpgGroove-billed Ani |
DSC_0314b.jpgGroove-billed Ani |
DSC_0332b.jpgRose-throated Becard at nest |
DSC_0333b.jpgRose-throated Becard at nest |
DSC_0351b.jpgLaughing Falcon near Cerro Lodge, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica |
DSC_0362b.jpgLaughing Falcon |
DSC_0379b.jpgButterfly |
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DSC_0402b.jpgRufous-naped Wren |
DSC_0410b.jpgButterfly |
DSC_0412b.jpgLizard on roof of one of the cottages at Cerro Lodge |
DSC_0425b.jpgButterfly |
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DSC_0452b.jpgThree butterflies |
DSC_0456b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0459b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0482b.jpgCashews |
IMG_7796b.jpgParque Nacional Carara |
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IMG_7787b.jpgSign at the entrance to Carara National Park |
IMG_7788b.jpgThey promoted recycling at Carara National Park. |
20170529_104153b.jpgMap of trails (senderos) at Carara National Park (Parque Nacional Carara) |
IMG_7798b.jpgCarara National Park is home to half of Costa Rica's animal species. |
IMG_7801b.jpgYellow and black centipede with orange legs |
IMG_7810b.jpg'Cafecillo' explained |
IMG_7812b.jpgCafecillo plant |
IMG_7820b.jpgCafecillo plant |
IMG_7824b.jpgCafecillo plant |
IMG_7821b.jpgCafecillo plant |
IMG_7823b.jpgCafecillo plant |
DSC_0484b.jpgIguana near the entrance of Carara National Park |
DSC_0488b.jpg'Zebra' butterfly near the entrance of Carara National Park |
DSC_0489b.jpgZebra butterfly |
DSC_0494b.jpgButterfly |
DSC_0498b.jpgHornet nest |
DSC_0500b.jpgFritillary butterfly |
DSC_0504b.jpgGray-capped Flycatcher |
DSC_0505b.jpgGray-capped Flycatcher |
DSC_0506b.jpgGray-capped Flycatcher |
DSC_0510b.jpgInca Dove |
DSC_0516b.jpgInca Dove |
DSC_0524b.jpgSteely-vented Hummingbird |
DSC_0526b.jpgSteely-vented Hummingbird and Fritillary butterfly on Jamaican verbena |
DSC_0540b.jpgMale Barred Antshrike |
DSC_0550b.jpgCentipede |
DSC_0553b.jpgMap showing development next to Carara National Park |
DSC_0555b.jpgDamselfly |
DSC_0558b.jpgVariegated Squirrel |
DSC_0560b.jpgHorse Chestnuts |
DSC_0561b.jpgStriped lizard |
DSC_0579b.jpgSpot-crowned Euphonia |
DSC_0604b.jpgMore Cafecillo plant |
DSC_0605b.jpgFemale Red-capped Manakin |
DSC_0610b.jpgFemale Red-capped Manakin eating some kind of juicy fruit |
DSC_0618b.jpgFemale Red-capped Manakin |
DSC_0621b.jpgGreat Tinamou walking near the trail |
DSC_0622b.jpgGreat Tinamou |
DSC_0623b.jpgGreat Tinamou |
DSC_0624b.jpgGreat Tinamou |
DSC_0625b.jpgGreat Tinamou |
DSC_0627b.jpgWhite-lined Bat |
DSC_0630b.jpgWhite-lined Bat |
DSC_0631b.jpgOne of the White-lined Bats flapped around awkwardly and landed on Mary's shoe. Eric told Mary to lift up her foot, so the bat could take off with a little altitude. She did and it did. |
DSC_0632b.jpg'Chocolate Mint' Poison Dart Frong |
DSC_0636b.jpgPoison Dart Frog |
DSC_0640b.jpgCafecillo |
DSC_0641b.jpgCafecillo |
DSC_0647b.jpgStrangler Fig enclosing a tree |
DSC_0648b.jpgPoison Dart Frog facing off with a beetle |
DSC_0650b.jpgBeetle decides to leave Poison Dart Frog |
DSC_0651b.jpgPoison Dart Frog |
DSC_0652b.jpgAgouti |
DSC_0655b.jpgAgouti |
DSC_0658b.jpgLizard |
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DSC_0666b.jpgMillipede |
DSC_0667b.jpgMillipede |
DSC_0673b.jpgMillipede |
IMG_7833b.jpgMillipede |
DSC_0678b.jpgTypical black nest of Yellow-olive Flycatcher |
DSC_0681b.jpgCurious plant |
DSC_0682b.jpgPlant |
IMG_7834b.jpgToadstools on a decaying log |
IMG_7835b.jpgToadstools |
IMG_7836b.jpgMore curious fungi |
IMG_7838b.jpgFungi |
IMG_7839b.jpgClose-up of fungi |
DSC_0683b.jpgTiny white toadstools |
DSC_0685b.jpgMore toadstools |
DSC_0687b.jpgFungi |
DSC_0688b.jpgUnripe berries |
DSC_0690b.jpgToadstool--there seemed to be an endless variety of fungi |
DSC_0692b.jpgMoth |
DSC_0697b.jpgSmall bromeliad |
DSC_0700b.jpgSign at Parque Nacional Carara--'For your safety' |
DSC_0705b.jpgDeceptive butterfly with ends of wings that look like a head with antennae |
DSC_0709b.jpgButterfly |
DSC_0714b.jpgWhere is the head of this butterfly? |
DSC_0719b.jpgOne of many iguanas at Carara National Park |
DSC_0721b.jpgButterfly |
DSC_0725b.jpgButterfly |
DSC_0726b.jpgLong-tailed Butterfly |
DSC_0732b.jpgLong-tailed Butterfly |
DSC_0735b.jpgButterfly |
DSC_0739b.jpgButterfly |
DSC_0743b.jpgZebra butterfly |
DSC_0745b.jpgFritillary butterfly--there were many of the Jamaican Verbena bushes near the entrance to the park and they were loaded with butterflies |
IMG_7848b.jpgAnother iguana near the entrance to Carara National Park |
DSC_0749b.jpgWe left Carara NP and drove into a wooded neighborhood of the seaside village of Playa Azul where Esteban hoped to find owls. Along the road we saw this Common Black Hawk calmly perched in a tree. |
DSC_0751b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0752b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0754b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0757b.jpgOne of several Bible quotes on ragged signs along the road: Looks like Ephesians 2:8-9. |
DSC_0759b.jpgInca Dove on a wire above the road |
DSC_0764b.jpgButterfly on the ground |
IMG_7850b.jpgAnn, Joanie, Jane, Sarah and Bob looking for the Black and White Owls |
DSC_0768b.jpgEsteban found two Black-and-white Owls |
DSC_0776b.jpgBlack-and-white Owl |
DSC_0777b.jpgBlack-and-white Owl |
DSC_0783b.jpgTwo Black-and-white Owls in Tárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica |
DSC_0789b.jpgBlack-and-white Owl |
20170529_120020b.jpgBlack-and-white Owl
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20170529_120447b.jpgBlack-and-white Owl
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20170529_120445b.jpgBlack-and-white Owl
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20170529_120443b.jpgBlack-and-white Owl
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DSC_0791b.jpgCocoa Woodcreeper |
DSC_0797b.jpgRufous-naped Wren with nesting material |
IMG_7851b.jpgOur lunch place, Soda Las Lapas, at Playa Azul, Costa Rica |
IMG_7853b.jpgWe had a great lunch at this open-air café, Soda Las Lapas at Playa Azul, Costa Rica, before walking the beach to look for birds. |
IMG_7867b.jpgDr. Kim Smith, leaving Soda Las Lapas |
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IMG_7870b.jpgKannan, Steve, Esteban, Wendy, Karen, Dru looking for birds across the road from Soda Las Lapas, above the beach. |
IMG_7858b.jpgPlaya Azul, Costa Rica |
DSC_0802b.jpgBlack Vulture flying over the shore |
DSC_0810b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0817b.jpgBlack Vulture and Wood Storks |
DSC_0830b.jpgScarlet Macaw looking for almonds near the beach |
DSC_0835b.jpgThree Scarlet Macaws eating beach almonds |
DSC_0843b.jpgScarlet Macaws |
DSC_0853b.jpgScarlet Macaw |
DSC_0855b.jpgScarlet Macaws |
DSC_0857b.jpgScarlet Macaws |
DSC_0859b.jpgScarlet Macaw |
DSC_0860b.jpgScarlet Macaws |
DSC_0861b.jpgScarlet Macaw |
DSC_0864b.jpgWood Stork alighting on the rocky beach |
DSC_0869b.jpgBlack Vultures and Wood Storks on the beach |
DSC_0875b.jpgWood Stork |
DSC_0880b.jpgWood Storks |
DSC_0899b.jpgJuvenile Magnificent Frigatebird flying over the beach |
DSC_0900b.jpgGreat Egret |
DSC_0901b.jpgWood Stork |
DSC_0903b.jpgBrown Pelicans on the beach at Playa Azul, Costa Rica |
DSC_0912b.jpgFemale Magnificent Frigatebird |
DSC_0916b.jpgMale Magnificent Frigatebird |
DSC_0922b.jpgScarlet Macaw |
DSC_0926b.jpgScarlet Macaws in a tree away from the beach |
DSC_0929b.jpgScarlet Macaws |
DSC_0935b.jpgScarlet Macaws |
DSC_0937b.jpgScarlet Macaws grooming each other |
DSC_0941b.jpgScarlet Macaws |
DSC_0948b.jpgScarlet Macaws |
DSC_0954b.jpgScarlet Macaws |
DSC_0956b.jpgScarlet Macaw |
DSC_0978b.jpgNeotropic Cormorant on a rock at the edge of the water |
DSC_0980b.jpgBlack Vultures, Wood Storks and Brown Pelicans checking out the fishermen and their boats along Playa Azul, Costa Rica |
DSC_0982b.jpgBirds, boats and people at Playa Azul, CR |
DSC_0983b.jpgHouses along the beach at Playa Azul, Costa Rica |
DSC_0996b.jpgPlaya Azul, Costa Rica |
DSC_0011b.jpgDriving to Tárcoles for our riverboat ride, Esteban spotted three Bat Falcons on the wire along the road. |
DSC_0013b.jpgIt appeared to be a family of Bat Falcons, two adults and a juvenile. |
DSC_0014b.jpgBat Falcons |
DSC_0017b.jpgJuvenile and adult Bat Falcon |
DSC_0018b.jpgOne of the adult Bat Falcons caught a dragonfly. |
DSC_0020b.jpgThe adult seemed to be showing the juvenile how to hunt, rather than feeding it. |
DSC_0049b.jpgAdult Bat Falcon with a dragonfly |
DSC_0051b.jpgBat Falcon eating a dragonfly |
DSC_0056b.jpgApparently the wings were not tasty. |
DSC_0067b.jpgAt the riverboat ride, there was a Crested Caracara in the field between the gift shop and the shore. |
DSC_0077b.jpgWe road a tractor down to the river and passed these Groove-billed Anis along the way. |
DSC_0090b.jpgButterfly on the underside of the canopy at the gift shop |
DSC_0093b.jpgButterfly |
DSC_0100b.jpgWe got a closer look at the Crested Caracara as we road to the river behind a tractor. |
DSC_0101b.jpgCrested Caracara |
DSC_0107b.jpgCrested Caracara |
DSC_0113b.jpgGreen Heron at the river's edge |
DSC_0115b.jpgGreen Heron along the Tárcoles River |
DSC_0120b.jpgGreen Heron |
IMG_7871b.jpgBetsy, Wendy and Kim, on the riverboat, looking at a big crocodile at the edge of the river |
IMG_7872b.jpgThat big crocodile at the edge of the Tárcoles River, Costa Rica |
IMG_7873b.jpgZoe, Kannan and Karen, looking at a Bare-throated Tiger-Heron near the big alligator on the shore of the Tárcoles River |
IMG_7874b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
IMG_7876b.jpgMangroves along the river |
DSC_0148b.jpgCrocodile on the Tárcoles River |
DSC_0153b.jpgImmature Little Blue Heron |
DSC_0158b.jpgBig 'wide body' crocodile |
DSC_0163b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0174b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0175b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0180b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0185b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0190b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0194b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0203b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0214b.jpgCrocodile |
DSC_0215b.jpgCrocodile |
DSC_0231b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0233b.jpgCrocodile with young on the edge of the Tárcoles River, Costa Rica |
DSC_0236b.jpgYoung crocodiles at the edge of the Tárcoles River |
DSC_0241b.jpgSnowy Egret |
DSC_0243b.jpgSnowy Egret |
DSC_0244b.jpgSnowy Egret |
DSC_0252b.jpgSnowy Egret striding along the edge of the Tárcoles River |
DSC_0255b.jpgImmature Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
DSC_0277b.jpgCrocodile in the Tárcoles River, Costa Rica |
DSC_0278b.jpgYoung crocodile along the Tárcoles River |
DSC_0282b.jpgYoung crocodile in the Tárcoles River |
DSC_0301b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0303b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron extending its neck and vocalizing to another nearby Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0323b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron chasing after another |
DSC_0339b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron |
DSC_0353b.jpgIguana along the Tárcoles River, Costa Rica |
DSC_0365b.jpgTurquoise-browed Motmot |
DSC_0366b.jpgTurquoise-browed Motmot |
DSC_0371b.jpgTurquoise-browed Motmot |
DSC_0383b.jpgTurquoise-browed Motmot |
DSC_0389b.jpgTurquoise-browed Motmot |
DSC_0396b.jpgTurquoise-browed Motmot |
DSC_0411b.jpgTurquoise-browed Motmot |
DSC_0418b.jpgBare-throated Tiger-Heron flaring its neck feathers |
DSC_0445b.jpgMale Cherrie's Tanager |
DSC_0456b.jpgMale Cherrie's Tanager |
DSC_0466b.jpgYellow-headed Caracara |
DSC_0473b.jpgYellow-headed Caracara |
DSC_0475b.jpgYellow-headed Caracara |
DSC_0483b.jpgYellow-headed Caracara |
DSC_0498b.jpgGreat Blue Heron |
DSC_0500b.jpgPearl Kite |
DSC_0507b.jpgPearl Kite |
DSC_0509b.jpgFemale Masked Tityra |
DSC_0510b.jpgMale and female Masked Tityra |
DSC_0519b.jpgImmature Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
DSC_0520b.jpgImmature Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
DSC_0527b.jpgA dirty White Ibis |
DSC_0529b.jpgWhite Ibis |
DSC_0530b.jpgDirty White Ibis |
DSC_0531b.jpgWhite Ibis |
DSC_0538b.jpgNeotropic Cormorant |
DSC_0542b.jpgNeotropic Cormorant |
DSC_0545b.jpgLittle Blue Heron |
DSC_0559b.jpgLittle Blue Heron |
DSC_0590b.jpgMale Green Iguana--'chicken of the trees' according to Esteban |
DSC_0622b.jpgTucked in Roseate Spoonbill |
DSC_0628b.jpgPanama Flycatcher--like the Great Crested Flycatcher but paler |
DSC_0629b.jpgPanama Flycatcher |
DSC_0630b.jpgPanama Flycatcher |
DSC_0639b.jpgPanama Flycatcher |
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DSC_0657b.jpgRaccoon |
DSC_0661b.jpgRaccoon |
DSC_0669b.jpgGreen Kingfisher |
DSC_0673b.jpgGreen Kingfisher |
DSC_0676b.jpgGreen Kingfisher |
DSC_0688b.jpgGreen Kingfisher |
DSC_0690b.jpgGreen Kingfisher |
DSC_0707b.jpgGreen Kingfisher |
DSC_0719b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0730b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0733b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0734b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0747b.jpgCommon Black Hawk eating a crab |
DSC_0756b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0761b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0765b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0766b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0775b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0779b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0787b.jpgCommon Black Hawk |
DSC_0800b.jpgAmerican Pygmy Kingfisher |
DSC_0804b.jpgAmerican Pygmy Kingfisher |
DSC_0827b.jpgAmerican Pygmy Kingfisher |
DSC_0842b.jpgMangrove |
DSC_0847b.jpgRoseate Spoonbill preening on a branch above the Tárcoles River, Costa Rica |
DSC_0851b.jpgRoseate Spoonbill |
DSC_0854b.jpgRoseate Spoonbill |
DSC_0857b.jpgRoseate Spoonbill |
DSC_0861b.jpgRoseate Spoonbill |
DSC_0892b.jpgNeotropic Cormorant |
DSC_0897b.jpgRuddy Turnstone and Semipalmated Plover |
DSC_0907b.jpgGreat Egret |
DSC_0913b.jpgWood Stork and Tricolored Heron |
DSC_0920b.jpgBrown Pelicans |
DSC_0921b.jpgBrown Pelicans |
DSC_0928b.jpgBrown Pelicans and Black Vultures roosting |
DSC_0940b.jpgSemipalmated Plover and |
DSC_0945b.jpgSnowy Egret |
DSC_0948b.jpgWhite Ibis |
DSC_0950b.jpgWhite Ibis |
DSC_0955b.jpgWhite Ibis |
DSC_0957b.jpgWhite Ibis |
DSC_0959b.jpgWhite Ibis |
DSC_0963b.jpgSnowy Egret showing us its yellow feet |
DSC_0978b.jpgFemale Ringed Kingfisher |
DSC_0984b.jpgFemale Ringed Kingfisher |
DSC_0989b.jpgScarlet Macaw |
DSC_0002b.jpgBack on shore, as we walked from the tractor to the gift shop, we spotted this Brown Jay. |
DSC_0006b.jpgBrown Jay |
IMG_7878b.jpgClouds rolled in over the Tárcoles River. |
IMG_7883b.jpgSunset near the Tárcoles River, Costa Rica |
DSC_0011b.jpgSunset on April 29, 2017, in Costa Rica |