Here’s the first five portraits with more coming, though all fifty-something birds I’ve photographed will not be good enough for what I’m calling a “portrait” or “a close-up” of just one bird. Plus other types of photos are coming from Maquenque over the next few days or week, even though I return home tomorrow.
Continue reading “Bird Portraits”FAVE BIRDS – Gray Hawk
I decided to pick only one of my many hawk photos and honestly, I’m not sure why I liked this one best. The Common Black Hawk is the one I’ve photographed the most with the Road Hawk a close second and I have some good photos of both. The Gray Hawk (eBird description) is common and sure of himself and seems determined in this photo. See others I’ve photographed in my Gray Hawk Gallery from many locations. And read below The Backstory on how and where I photographed this and the other Gray Hawks in my gallery.
Continue reading “FAVE BIRDS – Gray Hawk”Tapanti Birds
Black Guan Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
Adult Gray Hawk Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me in Costa Rica (1 in Nicaragua) |
Juvenile Gray Hawk Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
Female Collared Trogon Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me |
Male Collared Trogon Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me |
Chestnut-headed Oropendola in Poro Tree Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
Slaty Spinetail
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Red-faced Spinetail Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me |
Common Chlorospingus Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me |
Clay-colored Thrush or Yiqüirro The National Bird of Costa Rica Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me (only Southern in the past) |
Dusky-capped Flycatcher Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
Brown Jay Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica |
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.”
Some More BIG BIRDS in Nicaragua
Osprey Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
Gray Hawk
El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
Swallowtail Kite El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
Turkey Vulture Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
Black Vulture Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
White Chinese Goose Selva Negra Mountain Resort |
White Chinese Goose Selva Negra Mountain Resort |