Tapanti Birds

Black Guan Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica

Adult Gray Hawk  Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me in Costa Rica (1 in Nicaragua)

Juvenile Gray Hawk  Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica

Female Collared Trogon  Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me

Male Collared Trogon  Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me

Chestnut-headed Oropendola in Poro Tree Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica

Slaty Spinetail Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me

Red-faced Spinetail Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me

Common Chlorospingus  Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me

Clay-colored Thrush or Yiqüirro  The National Bird of Costa Rica Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica

Northern Rough-winged Swallow Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica First Sighting for Me  (only Southern in the past)

Dusky-capped Flycatcher Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica

Brown Jay Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica

Passerini Tanagers, Male & 2 Females Tapanti National Park, Costa Rica

“The sharp thrill of seeing them reminded me of childhood happiness, gifts under the Christmas tree, perhaps, a kind of euphoria we adults manage to shut out most of the time. This is why I bird-watch, to recapture what it’s like to live in this moment, right now.”