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| Sunbittern La Mina, near Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica |
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| Sunbittern La Mina, near Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica |
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| Sunbittern La Mina, near Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica |
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| Sunbittern La Mina, near Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica |
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| Sunbittern La Mina, near Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica |
This is a first sighting bird for me and the primary bird I wanted to see on this trip, so I am very happy to have seen it today and add it to my Costa Rica collection. I have added twelve new species to my Costa Rica list this trip which is really good. I got others today but will show them tomorrow, since I wanted to show several shots of the sunbittern today.
Also I am very sore, having fallen in my room this morning. I made the mistake of spraying myself and my shoes with insect repellant at the front door, leaving an oily residue on the tile floor which I then slipped on and fell. I managed to walk 3 or 4 km today at La Mina and saw the Sunbittern after a pre-breakfast walk 2 km down the road here, just sore in my right leg and hip. I rest tomorrow and they are taking good care of me at the lodge! I may do some birding here tomorrow and work on more blog posts.
Read about Sunbittern on Wikipedia a bird found only in neotropical Americas on mountain streams at a certain altitude (and in a few zoos).
And my photo gallery of other Costa Rica Birds before this trip. These will be added next week.
Retired in Costa Rica!