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With 4 birds in today’s post and 4 more tomorrow I will have shared all that I got useable photos of on the Christmas trip. And no, I got no “lifers” or first-time seen birds on this trip, but that is expected when you have photos of more than 359 species of birds in Costa Rica! It’s getting harder to find a new species! 🙂
For my final morning post from Arenal Observatory Lodge, three photos which are sort of representative of what I photographed most while here this time with the weather eliminating some of my favorite subjects here, though there are still more things I photographed to be shared in the next few days or weeks including more of these three categories! 🙂
And these are not my favorites in each category, but rather representative ones from my last full day here . . .
¡Pura Vida!
Tomorrow I will give an evaluation of this visit and whether I recommend Arenal Observatory for Christmas Week.
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| Bare-throated Tiger Heron Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Scarlet Macaw Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Great Curassow Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Black-headed Trogon female Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Lineated Woodpecker Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Boat-billed Heron Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron juvenile (no crown yet) Mangrove Forest, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Cherrie’s Tanager male Aguila de Osa Inn, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Black Vultures waiting for fish above high tide rocks Aguila de Osa Inn, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Bananaquit Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Bananaquit Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Great-tailed Grackle male Aguila de Osa Inn, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
We saw some other birds but no good photos because of distance, trees, etc. I did not get any photos of new species for my collection on this trip as hoped. We did see toucans, parrots and many other birds but unable to photograph. Tomorrow I will share photos of other animals seen at Corcovado & Drake Bay.
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
See also my BIRDS photo gallery