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I must admit that I was more focused on butterflies than birds when we walked Calle Balsilla last week, plus we were later getting there which means fewer birds, but I did get these 4 bird species along with my 11 species of butterflies! 🙂
Interesting that the above dove is the only bird I photographed that was not totally black in color! 🙂
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| Yellow-headed Caracara Soropta Canal, Changuinola, Panama |
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| Groove-billed Anis Soropta Canal, Changuinola, Panama |
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| Purple Gallinule Soropta Canal, Changuinola, Panama |
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| Roadside Hawk Juvenile Soropta Canal, Changuinola, Panama |
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| Black-bellied Whistling Duck Soropta Canal, Changuinola, Panama |
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| Roseate Spoonbill Soropta Canal, Changuinola, Panama |
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| Snowy Egret (in the rain) Soropta Canal, Changuinola, Panama |
See my “Trip Gallery”:
2018 Tranquilo Bay, Bocas del Toro, Panama
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| Jaguar Rescue Center is located on the south side of Puerto Viejo, not far from my hotel in Manzanillo. No Jaguars here! It got its name from the first animal the founder actually rescued, a baby Jaguar whose mother had been killed and would have died otherwise. Photo on above entrance sign is of a one-eyed monkey. |
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| Nice Little Cafe and Gift Shop at the entrance, but not as big or as developed as Zoo Ave in La Garita! And you can only visit on a schedule with a tour guide, so get times ahead! On website: Jaguar Rescue Center, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica |
NOTE: I am not repeating the photos of a Northern Tamandua Anteater and a Red-eyed Tree Frog that were shot here but shown in earlier posts. Click links to see again.
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| Brown Pelican with a broken wing Jaguar Rescue Center, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica |
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| Unidentified Hawk, similar to Gray and Gray Lined, but those are not in the Caribbean and our group was too large for me to constantly ask the name of animals. Jaguar Rescue Center, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica |
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| Baby Possums whose mother was killed. They will raise and try to introduce back into the wild. Jaguar Rescue Center, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica |
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| Groove-billed Ani Jaguar Rescue Center, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica |
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| Keel-billed Toucan Jaguar Rescue Center, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica |
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| Hoffman’s Two-toed Sloth Jaguar Rescue Center, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica |
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| Red-lored Parrot Jaguar Rescue Center, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica |
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| Spectacled Caiman Jaguar Rescue Center, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica |
To learn more about Jaguar Rescue Center, click link for their website where you can read the history, find out when there are tours and how you can volunteer. It is operated mostly by volunteers!
Or more specifically my BIRDS PHOTO GALLERY or
My OTHER WILDLIFE PHOTO GALLERY
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| Black-headed Trogon Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Black Vulture Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Great Egret Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua (See yesterday’s post for egrets in the nursery) |
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| Great-tailed Grackle Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Green Heron Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Groove-billed Ani Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Hoffman’s Woodpecker Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Little Blue Heron Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Magnificent Frigate Bird Juvenile Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Mangrove Swallow Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Nicaraguan Grackle Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Oriole Nest Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Osprey Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Whimbrel Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| White Ibis Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Wilson’s Plover male Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua |
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| Yellow Warbler, Resident Male Juan Venado Wildlife Refuge, Nicaragua (The brown hood makes him a resident. Migrants are all yellow.)  And don’t miss my Nicaragua Birds photo gallery for 98 different species!
And remember that both my trips to Nicaragua were provided by Tours Nicaragua! Check out what they offer! I’m very happy with them!
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| Groove-billed Ani, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
Though fairly common and widespread all over Costa Rica, I haven’t seen many here. This was one of four in my yellow-bell tree just off my terrace. From a distance he can be confused with the Melodious Blackbird, but a closer look at the bill is the difference in these two all black birds with black eyes, the only two totally black. I made an out-of-focus photo of one at La Jacaranda last January, but this is a much better image. Also back then I called that one a Smooth-billed Ani which is almost the same, without the grooves on top bill which is also a little higher pitched. But they only appear in the South Pacific area of Costa Rica, so I renamed it there and in my online photo gallery of Costa Rica Birds.
Cornell Lab Site on the Groove-billed Ani, an unusual bird
“Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?” ~Rose Kennedy
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| Groove-billed Ani, Atenas, Costa Rica by Charlie Doggett |
This is an exciting new spotting for me – my first to photograph and right off my balcony around 6:30 PM! At first I thought it was a Smooth-billed Ani, but now see the grooves + smooth-billed only appear in the South Pacific area of Costa Rica. So I came back in November and changed this name.