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Black Guan Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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Adult Gray Hawk Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me in Costa Rica (1 in Nicaragua) |
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Juvenile Gray Hawk Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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Female Collared Trogon Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me |
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Male Collared Trogon Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me |
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Chestnut-headed Oropendola in Poro Tree Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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Slaty Spinetail
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Red-faced Spinetail Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me |
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Common Chlorospingus Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me |
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Clay-colored Thrush or Yiqüirro The National Bird of Costa Rica Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me (only Southern in the past) |
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Dusky-capped Flycatcher Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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Brown Jay Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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Passerini Tanagers, Male & 2 Females
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“The sharp thrill of seeing them reminded me of childhood happiness, gifts under the Christmas tree, perhaps, a kind of euphoria we adults manage to shut out most of the time. This is why I bird-watch, to recapture what it’s like to live in this moment, right now.”
¡Pura Vida!
My photo gallery BIRDS
This exact same set of birds in my TRIPS photo gallery: Tapanti Birds
Or see all of my Orosi Trip photos in the TRIP Gallery: 2018-February 6-10–Orosi/Tapanti