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This morning’s rain not only interfered with a beautiful sunrise but also dampened my birding expedition with a great guide this morning. I try not to give up too quickly on such efforts, but did cut our hike a little shorter after my camera fogged up on the inside. All 12 of the following birds were photographed in the rain even if not obvious! 🙂 And we saw more birds and other animals, even in the rain! 🙂 Just imagine what it would have been like with a clear morning!
Some trips I put more energy into getting many more bird photos, this year in South Caribe was more relaxed and slower, focusing a little more on culture and people, but here are my 10 birds and 1 nest photos representing 8 species with 3 having both male and female photos. My one “lifer” or first-time seen bird was the Gray-necked Wood-Rail.
Birds are still my first passion, but tomorrow I will share the “Other Animals” seen here this year including one of my better sloth photos shot near the hotel, as were most of the birds. I saw a few water birds from a distance but not as many as usually seen here. And I’m very pleased with my new Tamron 60mm lense which has really helped to zoom in on more birds!
The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.
~Carly Simon
See my TRIP Photo Gallery: 2018 Caribe South, Puerto Viejo for many other kinds of photos from this fun trip and for more on the South Caribe see these other past trip galleries:
¡Pura Vida!
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| Red-lored Parrot Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama |
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| Red-lored Parrot Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama |
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| Lineated Woodpecker Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama |
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| Black-cheeked Woodpecker Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama |
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| Boat-billed Flycatcher Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama |
There is a slight difference between this flycatcher and the Kiskadee which I will show one of tomorrow. They are easy to confuse!
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| White-lined Tanager Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama |
The “white line” is on his shoulder and only seen when in flight.
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| Blue-gray Tanager Tranquilo Bay Eco Adventure Lodge, Bocas del Toro, Panama |
Living slow in the jungles on an island in the Western Atlantic or Western Caribbean Sea. It is very hot and humid and you tire easily but it is a great place with lots of wildness, This afternoon we go to another island for a particular bird found only there, the Snowy Cotinga. Tomorrow we do the first of three trips to the mainland for birds. The two families running the lodge are very accomodating of us and our needs/desires. Cabins are very nice and the food is very good. We are experiencing a Panama version of pura vida!
See my “Trip Gallery”:
2018 Tranquilo Bay, Bocas del Toro, Panama
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| Black-cheeked Woodpecker Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica Photographed from the Dining Room |
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I earlier posted a photo of a different woodpecker, the Pale-billed Woodpecker found behind my cabin at Selva Verde Lodge which is even more impressive! I was much closer!
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| Anhinga female Along the Puerto Viejo River Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica |
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| Anhinga Along the Puerto Viejo River Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica This is the typical pose of a male drying his wings, but the male neck is usually black, so this may be a female, though her neck is usually lighter than this. See other photo. |
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| Semiplumbeous Hawk Along the Puerto Viejo River Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica |
PERSONAL UPDATE: I’ve had what I thought was a bad cold for the last week+ or maybe allergies or sinusitis. Well it is probably volcanic ash that continues to fall over the central valley from Turrialba Volcano which won’t quit belching smoke/ash.
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| Green Thorntail Hummingbird Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow-bellied Elaenia Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
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| Black-cheeked Woodpecker Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica 3rd species of woodpeckers at this one place. Lots of bugs to eat! 🙂 |
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| Brown Jay Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow-crowned Euphonia Female or Yellow Warbler Female Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
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| Gray-headed Chachalaca Better shot than one posted the first day. |
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| Green Thorntail Hummingbird Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica Different day, different bird and look than top of this post |
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| Black-headed Saltator Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
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| Black-headed Saltator Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica A totally different look than the photo before this, but same bird! |
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| Social Flycatcher Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
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| Bumble Bee (I think – no ID source) Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
If interested, I reviewed both Rancho Naturalista and CATIE on TripAdvisor with a few of the photos, though they are “pending” as I write this, possibly for screening of some kind.
I heard the sweet voice of a robin, High up in the maple tree, Joyously, singing his happy song To his feathered mate, in glee!…
If we could be like this tiny bird, Just living from day to day, Holding no bitterness in our hearts For those we meet on our way…
~Gertrude Tooley Buckingham, “Heaven on Earth” (1940s)