Arranged in the order presented in the book The Birds of Costa Rica, A Field Guide by Garrigues & Dean which puts families and similar birds together.
Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Great Blue Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Great Blue Heron in an Interesting Posture Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Cattle Egret Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Snowy Egret Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Yellow-crowned Night Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Great Egret (left) and Whimbrel (right) Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Whimbrel Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Spotted Sandpiper Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Mangrove Swallow Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Groove-billed Ani
Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Ringed Kingfisher Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Yellow Warbler, resident male with orange head Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
And did you see the Birds in Flight posted yesterday? Including 3 more species not included here.
Plus note that we saw a lot more birds than what I included here, just my only decent photos!
AND this was my first time to go to and from Tarcoles on public bus. Cheap & fun! Going down was a breeze, but we got wrong info on our return bus and ended up going through San Jose, but oh well, all part of the adventure! 🙂
Bird shots not shown in other posts from recent trip.
Bare-throated Tiger Heron Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Scarlet Macaw Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Great Curassow Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Black-headed Trogon female Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Lineated Woodpecker Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Boat-billed Heron Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Yellow-crowned Night Heron juvenile (no crown yet) Mangrove Forest, Drake Bay, Costa Rica
Cherrie’s Tanager male Aguila de Osa Inn, Drake Bay, Costa Rica
Black Vultures waiting for fish above high tide rocks Aguila de Osa Inn, Drake Bay, Costa Rica
Bananaquit Drake Bay, Costa Rica
Bananaquit Drake Bay, Costa Rica
Great-tailed Grackle male Aguila de Osa Inn, Drake Bay, Costa Rica
We saw some other birds but no good photos because of distance, trees, etc. I did not get any photos of new species for my collection on this trip as hoped. We did see toucans, parrots and many other birds but unable to photograph. Tomorrow I will share photos of other animals seen at Corcovado & Drake Bay.
Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron Mangroves off Drake Bay, Costa Rica
Today’s boat trip was one of the best with Carlos leading and we seeing more animals and birds than seen in the National Park! I am physically exhausted and a tiny bit sunburned from a clear, sunny morning, but tomorrow I rest with only a little bird walk before breakfast and maybe some more exploring on my on. Then Saturday afternoon I return home. Its been a very good week! Great staff at Aguila Inn! It is kind of nice to be pampered a little every once in a while which so many of these lodges in Costa Rica do!
About the photo: Because his is juvenile, he does not have his “yellow crown” which may make you question if he is. He was standing straight which was okay, but then did this one-leg thing with his wing out that I thought made a more interesting photo. And yes, the heliconia flower is growing wild in this particular mangrove forest. Another cool place! And all my photos had to be made on my phone today because the good camera is not working. I have it in a bag of uncooked rice hoping it is just the humidity. Very humid on the coast! And mechanical things can be a pain sometimes!
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
From our Tortuguero Trip last week I have already shown photos of 3 Species of Toucans, a Sungrebe, a Red-lored Parrot, and a Snowy Egret. And here are about 15 more species that I got photos of plus of course seeing others. You can see why I love Tortuguero! And a few of these were first-time sightings for me which will be added to my Birds of Costa Rica Photo Gallery.
Belted Kingfisher, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Little Blue Heron, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Montezuma Oropendola, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Female Anhinga, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Male Anhinga, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Great Curassow Female, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Bare-throated Tiger Heron, Tortuguero, Costa Rica Interesting note: This nest was above the outdoor bar at Laguna Lodge. I watched the male bring twigs and female arrange them. Fun!
Royal Tern Juvenile, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Osprey, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Long-tailed Grackle Female, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Northern Jacana, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Common Black Hawk, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Orange-breasted Falcon or Bat Falcon or Black-collared Hawk ???Tortuguero, Costa Rica If you can narrow the identification down, please contact me! Wings only is tough to ID!
Social Flycatcher (most likely) or Great Kiskadee or White-ringed Flycatcher, Tortuguero, Costa Rica
On March 24, our first night at Manuel Antonio, we had a slow internet connection and I only shared one beach sunset photo. Here’s a few of many from our stop on the Tarcoles River enroute to beach.
Yellow-headed Caracara Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Striped Basilisk Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Yellow-crowned Night Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Common Black Hawk Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Tiger Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
Black-necked Stilt Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
American Crocodile (Great Egret in background) Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
This was my third time on the Tarcoles River and we always see and photograph more than 20 species of birds along with the promoted crocs and usually basilisks and iguanas plus some other lizards. That night I got lots of different kinds of beach sunset photos. Here’s one more I just have to show:
Sunset over the Pacific Ocean Manuel Antonio Beach, Costa Rica
