Cañon Negro Birds, Part 1

Squirrel Cuckoo Cañon Negro, Costa Rica Anhinga female Cañon Negro, Costa Rica Yellow-throated Toucan Cañon Negro, Costa Rica Green Heron Cañon Negro, Costa Rica Amazon Kingfisher female Cañon Negro, Costa Rica Boat-billed Heron Cañon Negro, Costa Rica Laughing Falcon Cañon Negro, Costa Rica Red-winged Blackbird Cañon Negro, Costa Rica Social Flycatcher building a nest Cañon Negro, Costa Rica And 9 more tomorrow night, then …

Other Animals at Sarapiquí

Mantled Howler Monkey maleSelva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica White-nosed CoatiSelva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica Variegated SquirrelSelva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica Black River TurtlePuerto Viejo River, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica Spectacled CaimanPuerto Viejo River, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica See also all my non-bird wildlife photo galleries …

Cañon Negro Birds, Part 2

Mangrove CuckooCañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica Great Blue Heron (Running from A Caiman?)Cañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica Black-collared HawkCañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica Amazon Kingfisher maleCañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica Sungrebe (non-breeding male)Cañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica Neotropic CormorantCañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica Black-necked StiltCañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica Roseate SpoonbillsCañon Negro Reserve, Costa RicaCould …

15+ Bird Species Photographed in Manzanillo!

Great Green Macaw, Manzanillo, Costa Rica     There were more seen but just 15 with decent photographs and I will share more photos of the Great Green Macaw later with info on the Ara Project. Some of these birds like the above are only found on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica.   Pale-billed Woodpecker …

Rare Pygmy Squirrel found in Only 4 Countries

Alfaro’s or Central American Pygmy SquirrelCuri-Cancha Reserva, Monteverde, Costa Rica Microsciurus alfari, Alfaro’s Pygmy Squirrel or Central American Pygmy Squirrel is rare and lives only in mountain pine forests of Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. In Costa Rica they are at Monteverde where these photos were made and they are in the Talamanca Mountains. I …

Non-Bird Wildlife at Carara

White-faced Capuchin Monkey – Just hanging around!  Pura Vida!Carara National Park, Costa Rica AgoutiCarara National Park, Costa Rica Variegated SquirrelCarara National Park, Costa Rica Northern Ghost BatCarara National Park, Costa Rica Some Kind of Fungus!Carara National Park, Costa Rica Unless I do a post on plants, that is all from the Campesinos/Carara trip. But every …

Variegated Squirrel

Variegated Squirrel, Atenas, Costa RicaFound all over Costa Rica, this one by my balcony in a Yellow Bell TreeThey can greatly vary in color around the country but all have tail “frosting” Variegate Squirrel, my first shot peeking around tree trunk,giving a little break from birds and butterflies! Variegated Squirrel, Atenas, Costa RicaTwo moved from Strangler Fig to …

Tortuguero Monkeys

Mantled Howler Monkey, Laguna Lodge, Tortuguero, Costa RicaPhoto made on cell phone through the guide’s spotting scope. Central American Spider Monkey (Juvenile)Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica Geoffroy’s Spider Monkey,  Tortuguero, Costa RicaIt is lumped in with the other spider monkey as just one species of the 4 hereThis is a mature adult while the Central American …

ZooAVE and Zoo of a Dinner

We visited Zoo Ave in La Garita today with Abe and Nancy Docktar and then joined Jean and Carolyn for dinner tonight at a local gringo restaurant with a Nashville Band (of retired gringos here) called “FlashBack” playing oldies. An Interesting day! Flash Back plays for dancing at Augostos Restaurant tonight Scarlet Macaw at Zoo …

Manuel Antonio National Park

Baby Green Parrot Snake in the Pacific coastal rainforest ofManuel Antonio National Park, Costa RicaShot with cell phone through a spotting scope Three-toed SlothManuel Antonio National Park, Costa RicaShot with cell phone through a spotting scope Glass FrogManuel Antonio National Park, Costa RicaShot with cell phone through a spotting scope Rare and elusive Squirrel MonkeyManuel …