I chose 28 photos of 24 species of birds I want to show the world, so here is the first 14, in no particular order other than camera numbering or in the order taken. 14 more tomorrow!
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Roseate Spoonbill Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Roseate Spoonbill Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Rufous-naped Wren Tarcoles River, Costa Rica (This is the most common bird in my garden/yard. They’re in the wild too!) |
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Great Blue Heron with Fish Just Caught Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Great Blue Heron Flying with Black-necked Stilt Flying Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Black-necked Stilt Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Solitary Sandpiper Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Green Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Great-tailed Grackle male Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Snowy Egret Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Whimbrel Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Cattle Egret Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Osprey with Fish! Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
These photos were all made by me on a 16 December 2016 float trip on the Tarcoles River, Costa Rica, this time with the Jungle Crocodile Safari which specializes in bird watching as opposed to a focus on crocodiles on most of the other companies. I also like Jose and the Jose’s Crocodile Tour, but his one finds more birds for you, about 35 species this trip, and provides a flyer for photo-identification of the birds. Plus if you take the 8:30 AM tour you will see more birds early AND you miss the tour bus crowds. There were just 4 of us plus our guide on our boat this time at 8:30 and when we returned we noticed that the next boat was packed full!
14 more bird photos tomorrow from this same trip.
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