Another common water bird on most all rivers in Costa Rica is this Bare-throated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma meicanum (my gallery link). Fairly common on both slopes from Mexico to Columbia.
¡Pura Vida!
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
“Weird Bird” some might say, especially with some of his unusual postures when drying feathers or otherwise standing around! 🙂 But always one I enjoy trying to photograph! For more photos beyond these 4, see my Bare-throated Tiger-Heron GALLERY. All were photographed from a moving boat at Tortuguero National Park, Limón, Costa Rica.
More Birds from Tarcoles River Trip
Arranged in the order presented in the book The Birds of Costa Rica, A Field Guide by Garrigues & Dean which puts families and similar birds together.
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| Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Great Blue Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Great Blue Heron in an Interesting Posture Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Cattle Egret Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Snowy Egret Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Great Egret (left) and Whimbrel (right) Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Whimbrel Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Spotted Sandpiper Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Mangrove Swallow Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Groove-billed Ani
Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
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| Ringed Kingfisher Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow Warbler, resident male with orange head Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
And did you see the Birds in Flight posted yesterday? Including 3 more species not included here.
Plus note that we saw a lot more birds than what I included here, just my only decent photos!
AND this was my first time to go to and from Tarcoles on public bus. Cheap & fun! Going down was a breeze, but we got wrong info on our return bus and ended up going through San Jose, but oh well, all part of the adventure! 🙂
Trip Photo Gallery: 2017-07-29- Tarcoles River
All of my photo galleries on Birds or just Costa Rica Birds
And the boat tour company we used: Jungle Crocodile Safari
Pura Vida from Costa Rica!
~Charlie
~Charlie
Herons, Egrets & Ibis at Sarapiquí
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| Bare-throated Tiger Heron Puerto Viejo & Sarapiquí Rivers, Costa Rica |
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| Little Blue Heron Puerto Viejo & Sarapiquí Rivers, Costa Rica |
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| Great Blue Heron Puerto Viejo & Sarapiquí Rivers, Costa Rica |
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| Green Heron Puerto Viejo & Sarapiquí Rivers, Costa Rica |
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| Green Ibis Puerto Viejo & Sarapiquí Rivers, Costa Rica |
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| Cattle Egret Flying over Sarapiquí River, Selva Verde Lodge, Chilamate, Costa Rica Evening flight to roosting tree. |
I did two boat trips from the town of Puerto Viejo on the two rivers that merge near there, the Sarapiqui River and the Puerto Viejo River. The afternoon trip was not bad but the morning trip had more birds and they were somewhat different birds the two times.
See also my Photo Gallery of Costa Rica Birds
Egrets & Herons in Nicaragua
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| Snowy Egret flies in to Tricolored Heron Selva Negra Mountain Resort, Nicaragua |
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| Little Blue Heron, Lake Nicaragua at Granada |
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| Green Heron, Lake Nicaragua at Granada |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron, Lake Nicaragua at Granada |
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| Bare-throated Tiger Heron, Lake Nicaragua at Granada |
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| Tricolored Heron, Lake Nicaragua at Granada |
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| Snowy Egret, Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
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| Snowy Egret, Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
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| Great Egret, Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
“Patience” is what the egrets and herons seem to say to me!
The end of a thing is better than its beginning; The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
~Ecclesiastes 7:8 NKJV
10 More Birds from Tarcoles River (& More to Come!)
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| Roseate Spoonbill, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Mangrove Hummingbird, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica (Proud of this! A rare shot! Got another of his back, all green.) |
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| Wilson’s Plover, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| White Ibis, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Bare-throated Tiger Heron, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Great Egret, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica (Our morning ballet?) |
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| Whimbrel strolling with big brother Spoonbill, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica (It’s kind of like me hanging out with Ticos!) 🙂 |
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| Juvenal Little Blue Heron , Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Juvenal Yellow-crowned Night Heron,Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Olivaceous Cormorants, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
Some of these will eventually be added to my Costa Rica Birds PHOTO GALLERY (It’s growing!)
Carols of gladness ring from every tree.
~Frances Anne Kemble