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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 . . .
Not good quality photos, but they show what you can see at Tortuguero and then tomorrow I will have some more small “land birds” to share. But here are my efforts to catch these last 4 water birds . . .
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| Mangrove Cuckoo Cañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica |
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| Great Blue Heron (Running from A Caiman?) Cañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica |
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| Black-collared Hawk Cañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica |
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| Amazon Kingfisher male Cañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica |
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| Sungrebe (non-breeding male) Cañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica |
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| Neotropic Cormorant Cañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica |
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| Black-necked Stilt Cañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica |
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| Roseate Spoonbills Cañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica Could not get closer. We were not in the boat but walking in mud! |
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| Black-bellied Whistling Ducks Cañon Negro Reserve, Costa Rica |
See Yesterday’s Post for the other 9 photos of birds there that I’m sharing, including a Squirrel Cuckoo and Laughing Falcon. Then Monday I shared only the Harris’s Hawk, maybe my favorite, which we saw driving back from Cañon Negro.
About Cañon Negro Wildlife Refuge (Wikipedia) Tomorrow some scenery & people there
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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