Less than half of what we saw, not counting those at the lodge, but 20 photos is a big post!
Arranged in order found in book The Birds of Costa Rica, A Field Guide
which puts families & similar birds together.
Neotropical Cormorant Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
White Ibis Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Lesser Yellowlegs Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Common Black Hawk Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Laughing Falcon Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Laughing Falcon Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Scarlet Macaws Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Red-lored Parrot Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Baird’s Trogon male guarding nest Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Baird’s Trogon female feeding babies in nest Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Slaty-tailed Trogon Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Amazon Kingfisher Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Golden-naped Woodpecker Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Common Tody Flycatcher Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Tropical Kingbird Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Blue-crowned Manakin Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Red-capped Manakin Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Cherrie’s Tanager male Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Black-striped Sparrow Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Great-tailed Grackle female Los Patos, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
This is my third time and third part of the park to hike into and the best experience yet with the most birds and other sights. And it is a less-visited part of the park I think, which helps make it better!
Note that my sightings/photos here of the Blue-crowned Manakin and the Red-capped Manakin are first time for each or “lifer” birds for me. (LIFER: A bird species when it is first seen and positively identified by an individual birder, a species that birder has never seen previously.) But he red-capped manakin was not doing his “Michael Jackson dance” that you may have seen on nature TV to attract females.
For what it is worth, other “lifers” on this trip at the lodge were the White-shouldered Tanager and the Scarlet-rumped Cacique. I shared photos of these and a few others seen at the lodge on my March 14 Post: Birds Seen Wednesday.And of course all will soon be in my online bird gallery and the TRIP Gallery 2018 March 13-17: Danta Corcovado.
And oh yes, “Los Patos” is the name of this area of the park and name of the Ranger Station we had to go through and register for the visit. Real “backwoods” area not close to anything or any town. I just visited one of the most ecologically diverse places on the planet and possibly the most! I will never tire of visiting Corcovado. More photos tomorrow!
