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These were not a particular goal for me and of course there were many others, had I spent more time at water’s edge of the beach or on any nearby stream, but here are 5 very common ones I did see, with the Cormorant being the most frequently seen this time, though not always the case. And note that all of these can be seen inland on fresh water except the pelican, though all are more frequent near the ocean or nearby mangroves and estuaries . . .
Water birds are impressive and numerous all over Costa Rica with most of these found in all lowland waters on both the Pacific and Caribbean sides. I never tire of river trips or wetland visits because the surroundings are always changing and even though I see some of the same birds every time, they are never the same! At Maquenque I had both a river trip and lived for 5 days on lagoons that attract the same birds in these wetlands (el humedal en español) of the Caribbean Slopes of northern Costa Rica. A birding paradise!
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¡Pura Vida!
You may also enjoy my Costa Rica Birds Gallery
and my 2019 Maquenque Lodge Trip Gallery
See the lodge website: Maquenque Ecolodge
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| Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Great Blue Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Great Blue Heron in an Interesting Posture Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Cattle Egret Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Snowy Egret Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Great Egret (left) and Whimbrel (right) Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Whimbrel Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Spotted Sandpiper Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Mangrove Swallow Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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Groove-billed Ani
Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
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| Ringed Kingfisher Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow Warbler, resident male with orange head Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Clay-colored Thrush or Yigüirro Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica The national bird of Costa Rica |
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| Wood Thrush (possibly Swainson’s or Gray-cheeked) Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
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| Buff-rumped Warbler Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica |
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| Southern Rough-winged Swallow Puerto Viejo & Sarapiquí Rivers, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica |
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| Mangrove Swallows Puerto Viejo & Sarapiquí Rivers, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Costa Rica |
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| Groove-billed Ani
Tempisque River, Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica
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| Crane Hawk
Tempisque River, Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica
This is my first sighting of this bird.
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| Black-crowned Night Heron
Tempisque River, Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica
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| Bare-throated Tiger Heron
Tempisque River, Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica
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| Crested Caracara Juvenile (or young adult)
Tempisque River, Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica
This was a “first sighting” of this guy. It’s usually Yellow-headed Caracara.
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| Spotted Sandpiper
Tempisque River, Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica
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| Little Blue Heron
Tempisque River, Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica
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| Boat-billed Heron
Tempisque River, Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica
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| Mangrove Swallow
Tempisque River, Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica
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My computer is working properly again! And I haven’t even taken it to the shop yet! Maybe it is the weather here it likes better! 🙂 So I was able to upload these photos! Of course I have many more and we did not see as many birds as might have been possible because it was windy the whole time we were on the river. (Birds don’t fly much when it is windy! They hide in the bushes!) We also saw some other animals which I will show tomorrow. Below is a photo of the kind of boat we floated on, though only the two of us plus our guide and boat captain.
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| There are several tour boat companies here like at Rio Tarcoles & Rio Frio. Tomorrow I will show the above boat passengers acting like tourists. 🙂 |
Had it not been windy, we would have seen more smaller birds including hummingbirds, but weather is just part of life! Pura Vida!
See my photo gallery of BIRDS OF COSTA RICA
Or all my BIRDS OF CENTRAL AMERICA for even more!
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| Northern Jacana Lake Nicaragua at Granada |
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| Mangrove Swallow Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
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| Spotted or Stilt Sandpiper Coloring most like stilt (in book) but legs and beak seem short. Juvenile? Or could it be a Western or Least Sandpiper? Pectoral? Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
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| Tricolored Heron Flying, Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua See another Tricolor on my Herons Post |
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| Laughing Gull Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua See another one on my April 1 Post, sitting on a post |
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| Neotropic Cormorant Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
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| Neotropic Cormorant Lake Nicaragua at Granada |
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| Neotropic Cormorant Lake Apanas, Jinotega, Nicaragua |
About Northern Jacana on Cornell’s “Neotropic Birds” site
About Mangrove Swallow on Cornell’s “Neotropic Birds” site
About Sandpipers on Wikipedia
About Tricolored Herons on Cornell’s “About Birds” site
About Laughing Gull on Cornell’s “About Birds” site
About Neotropic Cormorant on Cornell’s “Neotropic Birds” site
And in my photo galleries of Costa Rica Birds:
Northern Jacana – Mangrove Swallow – Spotted Sandpiper – Pectoral Sandpiper – Neotropic Cormorant