. . . and one with babies or juveniles – The Purple Gallinule and the Northern Jacana. One photo for the email announcement and two of each bird to follow.
2 Colorful Marsh Birds . . .
Juvenile Birds
It seems like maybe there have been more than a usual number of immature or juvenile birds this week, so I’m featuring 5 today. 🙂
Tomorrow morning, I go on a guided bird hike and expect to get a lot more above the 35 species I’ve photographed on my own so far. 🙂 Plus, I’m taking a tour of the farm where 85% of the restaurant food is raised and that will probably be tomorrow night’s post! ?
Here’s my 5 juvenile birds . . .
Maquenque Smaller Water Birds
Water birds are impressive and numerous all over Costa Rica with most of these found in all lowland waters on both the Pacific and Caribbean sides. I never tire of river trips or wetland visits because the surroundings are always changing and even though I see some of the same birds every time, they are never the same! At Maquenque I had both a river trip and lived for 5 days on lagoons that attract the same birds in these wetlands (el humedal en español) of the Caribbean Slopes of northern Costa Rica. A birding paradise!
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¡Pura Vida!
You may also enjoy my Costa Rica Birds Gallery
and my 2019 Maquenque Lodge Trip Gallery
See the lodge website: Maquenque Ecolodge
More Water Birds from Nicaragua
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| Northern Jacana Lake Nicaragua at Granada |
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| Mangrove Swallow Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
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| Spotted or Stilt Sandpiper Coloring most like stilt (in book) but legs and beak seem short. Juvenile? Or could it be a Western or Least Sandpiper? Pectoral? Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
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| Tricolored Heron Flying, Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua See another Tricolor on my Herons Post |
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| Laughing Gull Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua See another one on my April 1 Post, sitting on a post |
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| Neotropic Cormorant Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
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| Neotropic Cormorant Lake Nicaragua at Granada |
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| Neotropic Cormorant Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
About Northern Jacana on Cornell’s “Neotropic Birds” site
About Mangrove Swallow on Cornell’s “Neotropic Birds” site
About Sandpipers on Wikipedia
About Tricolored Herons on Cornell’s “About Birds” site
About Laughing Gull on Cornell’s “About Birds” site
About Neotropic Cormorant on Cornell’s “Neotropic Birds” site
And in my photo galleries of Costa Rica Birds:
Northern Jacana – Mangrove Swallow – Spotted Sandpiper – Pectoral Sandpiper – Neotropic Cormorant
Last 4 Tarcoles Birds
You can see all the birds in my Tarcoles Gallery or wait until the last week of March when I’ll be at Tarcoles again with Kevin this time. Enjoy these then I’ll go back to blogging about life in Atenas.
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| White Ibis Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Brown Pelican Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Green Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Northern Jacana Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
“The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.”
John Berry
John Berry
My Trip Advisor Review of this trip with photos!
I’ve been photographing birds in Costa Rica since January 2009 and have a special gallery of Costa Rica Birds, with more than 100 species presented alphabetically by English name.