All photographed in the San Gerardo de Dota, along the road or at Mariam’s Quetzals Cabins in the steep mountain canyon along the Savegre River, Talamanca Mountains, Costa Rica, at an altitude of 2200 meters above sea level (72,178 feet). It was cold in the nights and early mornings!
Acorn Woodpecker (1st sighting for me) San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Sooty Thrush (1st sighting for me) San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Flame-colored Tanager Male (1st sighting for me) San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Flame-colored Tanager Female (1st sighting for me) Immature Rufous-collared Sparrow below her San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Emerald Toucanet (1st sighting in wild for me) San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica (Fruits are wild avocados, favorite food of Quetzals)
Black-capped Flycatcher (1st sighting for me) San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Black-billed Nightingale Thrush (1st sighting for me) San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Possibly a White-throated Thrush or Nightingale (?) San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Flame-throated Finch (1st sighting for me) San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Resplendent Quetzal Female No males seen even though they were the reason we went to this place. I had better luck on my two other trips here. See my Quetzal Gallery. San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Violet-headed or Magnificent Hummingbird San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Magnificent Female or Green Hermit Hummingbird San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Fiery-throated, Magnificent or Violet-headed Hummingbird (?) San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
I did this birding experience with the Birding Club of Costa Rica after my personal 2-day retreat at Rio Chirripo in the same mountain range. A productive and full week! Lots of new birds!
Tomorrow I go to the Pacific coast and the port city of Puntarenas with the Atenas Community Band to a band festival and parade with bands from all over the country. The public high school near me, Colegio Liceo, is also going from Atenas. It will be an interesting one-day bus trip to the hot coast with a bunch of noisy kids. Then Thursday I go to the Nicaragua border again to renew my visa. So it may be a couple of more days without a post. We’ll see! 🙂 Then October 8 I go back to to the Caribbean Coast to explore some more and birding with the club at Manzanillo. Pura Vida!
