Of course with all those photos, I had to make a book! It is mostly birds but includes culture photos of Granada, people, Semana Santa, and interesting roadside shots across the country. You can click on the image above and electronically thumb through the book for free. No purchase required! 🙂
Vireo-Grassquit-Tanager-Grosbeak-Nicaragua
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| Yellow-throated Vireo, Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Yellow-faced Grassquit, El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| “Maybe” a migrant Yellow-bellied Flycatcher , El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua
I first called it a “Bush Tanager” but an expert corrected me on it. |
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak, El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua A really bad photo, but it does show I saw one! 🙂 |
Will I ever finish the Nicaragua birds? You may be asking that and I am getting closer to the end, but it is I believe the most different birds I have photographed on any trip, about 85 to 90 species. No exact count yet, but it beats my 2009 Costa Rica birding trip with about 50 species.
Last of Birds from El Jaguar, Nicaragua
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| Black-headed Saltator El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Bushy-crested Jay El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Baltimore Oriole El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Clay-colored Thrush El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Great-tailed Grackle El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
El Jaguar Nature Reserve was a great place for birding, maybe the best yet!
Last of the Birds from Montibelli Nicaragua
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| Smooth-billed Ani Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| White-winged Dove Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| White-tipped Dove Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua The difference from White-winged is the tail is tipped white |
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| Inca Dove Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Bronzed Cowbird Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Clay-colored Thrush Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Rufous-naped Wren Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Melodius Blackbird Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Streak-headed Woodcreeper Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
Whew! It was a lot of birds! A wonderful trip!
Long-tailed Manakin, Nicaragua
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| Long-tailed Manakin Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua This shot shows his face best while the next his colors |
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About Long-tailed Manakin on
Warblers from Nicaragua Trip
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| Magnolia Warbler Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
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| Yellow Warbler Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Yellow Warbler El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Wilson’s Warbler El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Wilson’s Warbler El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
Notice that I included two photos of the Yellow Warbler and two of the Wilson’s Warbler. You will with this see how different the same species can look at first glance. Age, gender and other factors can influence a “different look” for birds of the same species.
About Warblers on Easy Science for Kids
Flycatchers in Nicaragua
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| Great Kiskadee, Lake Nicaragua |
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| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Lake Nicaragua |
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| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Lake Nicaragua |
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| Common Tody Flycatcher, Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Social Flycatcher El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Dusky-capped Flycatcher, El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
See my gallery of Nicaragua Birds
About Flycatchers on Cornell’s “All About Birds” that redirects you to each species page
Montezuma Oropendola in Nicaragua
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| Montezuma Oropendola El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Montezuma Oropendola El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Montezuma Oropendola Lake Nicaragua near Granada |
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| Montezuma Oropendola Nests Lake Nicaragua near Granada |
About Montezuma Oropendola on Cornell’s NeotropicalBirds site where you can listen to them sing their unusual bubbly sound.
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Found 3 Bird-nests in Nicaragua
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| Unknown Bird Nest with eggs El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Costa Rica |
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| Tropical Kingbird nesting in air-plant on tree Selva Negra Mountain Resort, Nicaragua |
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| Tropical Kingbird Male Standing guard by the nest Selva Negra Mountain Resort, Nicaragua |
AND THE THIRD BIRD NEST is in the above post on Montezuma Oropendola, most unusual!
Myths About Nesting Birds on Cornell’s “All About Birds” site
About Tropical Kingbird on Cornell’s “All About Birds” site
My shots of Tropical Kingbirds in Costa Rica from my yard and a spot near Turrialba
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
~Albert Einstein
Coots and Gallinules! Nicaragua!
Some of the more interesting water birds are coots and gallinules in the same family:
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| Purple Gallinule Lake Nicaragua at Granada |
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| Common Gallinule Lake Nicaragua at Granada |
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Common Gallinule
Selva Negra Mountain Resort, Nicaragua
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| American Coot Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
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| American Coot Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
About the Purple Gallinule on Cornell’s “All About Birds”
About the Common Gallinule on Cornell’s “All About Birds”
About the American Coot on Cornell’s “All About Birds”
“Maybe one day I could fly all over the world and meet other interesting birds.”
― Jarod Kintz