5 Bird Nests Seen at Rancho Naturalista

Snowcap Hummingbird Nest
Wayne’s house near Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica

Sunbittern Nest (vacant now)
La Mina near Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica

Royal Flycatcher Nest 
 We waited a while but never saw the bird.
La Mina near Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica

Montezuma Oropendola Nest 
 Used by another bird below
Wayne’s house near
Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica

Olive-backed Euphonia Nest 
 Inside the top of Oropendola Nest
Wayne’s house near
Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica

Olive-backed Euphonia Nest 
Inside the top of Oropendola Nest  –  Baby visible here.
Wayne’s house near Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica

See photo of several Oropendola Nests  in a tree at Selva Verde Lodge.

Other kinds of nests in my Costa Rica Birds Photo Gallery all with birds on them:
Bare-throated Tiger Heron on Her Nest at Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Common Black-Hawk on Her Nest in tree along Tarcoles River, Costa Rica

Social Flycatcher on Her Nest in  Cañon Negro Reserva, Rio Frio, Costa Rica
Inca Dove on Her Nest in my garden, Atenas, Costa Rica

14 More Birds from the 5th

Snowcap Hummingbird
Rancho Naturalista, near Turrialba, Costa Rica

Black-striped Sparrow
Rancho Naturalista, near Turrialba, Costa Rica

Red-throated Ant-tanager
Rancho Naturalista, near Turrialba, Costa Rica

Cocoa Woodcreeper
Rancho Naturalista, near Turrialba, Costa Rica

Northern Barred Woodcreeper
Rancho Naturalista, near Turrialba, Costa Rica

Immature Female Red-throated Ant-tanager
Rancho Naturalista, near Turrialba, Costa Rica

 Adult Female Red-throated Ant-tanager
Rancho Naturalista, near Turrialba, Costa Rica

Black Phoebe
La Mina, near Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica

Torrent Tyrannulet
La Mina, near Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica

Tropical Kingbird
Rancho Naturalista, near Turrialba, Costa Rica
Blue-crowned Motmot
Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Montezuma Oropendola
Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Blue-gray Tanager
Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica
Plain Antvireo female
Rancho Naturalista, near Turrialba, Costa Rica

Passerini’s Tanager
La Mina, near Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica

These were all photographed yesterday, July 5, along with the Sunbittern shown yesterday. Several were made before breakfast at Wayne’s house including the two different Woodcreepers. He too is a retiree from church-related work (Adventist) who loves birds and his house here in the forest near Rancho Naturalista might have more birds than the lodge with even more feeders. A really nice guy.

I also made photos of several bird nests which I will show in another post, plus flowers, scenery, and other animals for future posts. So like most trips it will keep on giving blog posts.  🙂

And the new species will soon be added to my Costa Rica Birds Photo Gallery where there are already photos of 223 species of birds in Costa Rica, and soon to be about 235 or more!

¡Pura Vida!