Here’s about 20 species from my Christmas week side-trip from Arenal Observatory to the Caño Negro Reserva. We saw more than I photographed of course and about 5 I tried to photograph weren’t good enough to show. This is a bird-rich reserve in northern Costa Rica near the Nicaragua border. CLICK an image to enlarge it:
Southern Lapwing American Kestral Wood Stork Nicaraguan Seed-Finch Anhinga Female Green Kingfisher Male Anhinga Catching Fish Anhinga Swallowing Fish Amazon Kingfisher Female Black-headed Trogon Amazon Kingfisher Male Olive-throated Parakeets Gray-cowled Woodrail Mangrove Swallow Great Potoo (disguised as tree part) Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron Great Blue Heron Black-collared Hawks Great Egret
Two of these were “Lifers” or first-time seen birds for me and unfortunately neither with a very good photo: The Nicaraguan Seed-Finch and the Olive-throated Parakeets. I’ve seen the American Kestrel in Panama but this was the first time in Costa Rica, though not close enough for a decent photo.
And from my 2017 visit to Caño Negro Reserva, two blog posts: Caño Negro Birds Part 1 followed of course by Caño Negro Birds Part 2! Or easier to see them all together in my photo gallery Caño Negro Birds 2017.
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¡Pura Vida!