Look who visited Aqua-yoga class today – a Bare-throated Tiger -Heron. Although this is not my photo, the bird looked just like this, topping out at 30 inches. They’re common on both coasts of Costa Rica. Today’s sighing was just 10 kilometers from Casa Mango and Casa Papaya.
One of my favorite things to do when family and guests visit us here in Playa Samara, Costa Rica is to head down the beach about 10 kliks to visit the big birds. The Ara Project is a breeding center for Great Green Macaws and Scarlet Macaws, both of which used to live all over Costa Rica. Read More
Came home in the dark to find a pair of Pacific Screech Owls perched on the gate.
turquoise-browed motmot
Woke up to a pair of motmots in the same position.
scrub euphona
My sister spotted 3 more bird species in our front yard. That’s 27 identified over five mornings.
scrub euphona
nutting’s flycatcher
nutting’s flycatcher
masked tityra
masked tityra
masked tityra
collared aracari
collared aracari
collared aracari
parrots fill the tree
barred antshrike
long-tailed manakin
unidentified
Can anyone help us identify the birds we couldn’t?
unidentified
unidentified
unidentified
unidentified
unidentified
red-billed pigeon
red-billed pigeon
nutting’s flycatcher
nutting’s flycatcher
long-tailed manakin
groove-billed ani collecting nest materials
?flycatcher?
?flycatcher?
collared aracari
My sister spotted two new species this morning at Casa el Gecko, just 20 meters from Casa Mango and Casa Papaya.
groove-billed ani
magpie jay
magpie jay
streak-backed oriole
barred antshrike
barred antshrike
barred antshrike
barred antshrike
rufous-naped wren
rufous-naped wren
unidentified
northern beardless tyrannulet
great kiskadee
blue-grey tanager
baltimore oriole
On the second morning my sister, Janna, was here, she spotted 5 more species of birds in our front yard. If you visit Casa Mango and Casa Papaya, you might see them too.
Baltimore oiole
Baltimore oriole
squirrel cuckoo
scissor-tailed flycatcher
scissor-tailed flycatcher
?pigeon?
magpie jay
crested guan
crested guan
crested guan
cinnamon hummingbird
cinnamon hummingbird
turquoise-browed motmot
My sister is staying with us this week at Casa el Gecko in Playa Samara, Costa Rica. She is a devoted bird watcher and a talented photographer. I thought I would share the benefits of her endeavors with you. She spotted all of these birds on her first morning here, 13 species. I’ll post more in the next few days. She captured new species each morning at 6:00 am, sitting in the garden, not 20 yards from Casa Mango and Casa Papaya.
turquoise-browed motmot
turquoise-browed motmot
turquoise-browed motmot
white-fronted parrot
white-fronted parrot
white-fronted parrot
streak-backed oriole
streak-backed oriole
ruby-throated hummingbird
ruby-throated hummingbird
red-beaked pigeon
magpie jay
long-tailed manakin
long-tailed manakin
long-tailed manakin
hoffman’s woodpecker
You can see that many of the birds are seen in pairs. It’s mating season in Costa Rica.
hoffman’s woodpecker
hoffman’s woodpecker
groove-billed ani
great kiskadee
great kiskadee
great kiskadee
rufous-tailed hummingbird
rufous-tailed hummingbird
cinnamon hummingbird
cinnamon hummingbird
black-headed trogon
black-headed trogon
My cousins watched this collared aracari for 40 minutes as it grazed through their trees in Puerto Carrillo, just 7 kilometers from Casa Mango and Casa Papaya.
Fruit Loops, anyone?
Mot mots are back. This one spotted on the road to the beach from Casa Mango and Casa Papaya.
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