This year I’m not limiting myself to 12 favorite photos of the year like in the past, but doing separate posts over 4 days of (1) Favorite Bird Photos, (2) Favorite Butterfly Photos, (3) Favorite Other Wildlife Photos, and (4) Favorite Plant Life Photos. And you will notice that the big majority of photos were made in Atenas, where I live, because I’m not traveling as much as I used to. The “Atenas” shots were mostly in my garden and Rio Tarcoles runs through Atenas though the river photos were made west of here near the coast. The only other two locations were the two trips made before now at Esquinas Rainforest Lodge and Tortuguero NP.
“Birds” is the first gallery of “favorites” from this year, found just below this sample photo for the emailed edition of the post:
CLICK an image to see it larger or start a manual slideshow . . .
For more photos of any of this year’s birds above, go to the species gallery for each one in my Costa Rica Birds GALLERIES by Species.
And yes, I have one more trip, my “Christmas Trip” next week as my 3rd trip this year, but I didn’t want to wait until the last minute for developing these 2025 posts. The rest of this month and into January will be photos from my Pacific Coast forest & beach hiking at Punta Leona near Jaco, about an hour west of where I live. Lots of birds & butterflies and a troop of monkeys! And if I’m not satisfied on their grounds, I’ll get a guide to take me to Carara NP or Rio Tarcoles nearby which always have lots of birds. 🙂
¡Pura Vida!