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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 . . .
This morning’s rain not only interfered with a beautiful sunrise but also dampened my birding expedition with a great guide this morning. I try not to give up too quickly on such efforts, but did cut our hike a little shorter after my camera fogged up on the inside. All 12 of the following birds were photographed in the rain even if not obvious! 🙂 And we saw more birds and other animals, even in the rain! 🙂 Just imagine what it would have been like with a clear morning!
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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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| 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
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| Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron Mangroves off Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
Today’s boat trip was one of the best with Carlos leading and we seeing more animals and birds than seen in the National Park! I am physically exhausted and a tiny bit sunburned from a clear, sunny morning, but tomorrow I rest with only a little bird walk before breakfast and maybe some more exploring on my on. Then Saturday afternoon I return home. Its been a very good week! Great staff at Aguila Inn! It is kind of nice to be pampered a little every once in a while which so many of these lodges in Costa Rica do!
About the photo: Because his is juvenile, he does not have his “yellow crown” which may make you question if he is. He was standing straight which was okay, but then did this one-leg thing with his wing out that I thought made a more interesting photo. And yes, the heliconia flower is growing wild in this particular mangrove forest. Another cool place! And all my photos had to be made on my phone today because the good camera is not working. I have it in a bag of uncooked rice hoping it is just the humidity. Very humid on the coast! And mechanical things can be a pain sometimes!
¡Buenos noches!
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
About Corcovado National Park (Wikipedia) and About Drake Bay (Wikipedia)
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
From our Tortuguero Trip last week I have already shown photos of 3 Species of Toucans, a Sungrebe, a Red-lored Parrot, and a Snowy Egret. And here are about 15 more species that I got photos of plus of course seeing others. You can see why I love Tortuguero! And a few of these were first-time sightings for me which will be added to my Birds of Costa Rica Photo Gallery.
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| Belted Kingfisher, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
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| Little Blue Heron, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
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| Montezuma Oropendola, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
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| Female Anhinga, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
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| Male Anhinga, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
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| Great Curassow Female, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
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| Bare-throated Tiger Heron, Tortuguero, Costa Rica Interesting note: This nest was above the outdoor bar at Laguna Lodge. I watched the male bring twigs and female arrange them. Fun! |
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| Royal Tern Juvenile, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
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| Osprey, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
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| Long-tailed Grackle Female, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
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| Northern Jacana, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
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| Common Black Hawk, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
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| Orange-breasted Falcon or Bat Falcon or Black-collared Hawk ???Tortuguero, Costa Rica If you can narrow the identification down, please contact me! Wings only is tough to ID! |
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| Social Flycatcher (most likely) or Great Kiskadee or White-ringed Flycatcher, Tortuguero, Costa Rica |
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| Roseate Spoonbill, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Mangrove Hummingbird, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica (Proud of this! A rare shot! Got another of his back, all green.) |
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| Wilson’s Plover, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| White Ibis, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Bare-throated Tiger Heron, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Great Egret, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica (Our morning ballet?) |
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| Whimbrel strolling with big brother Spoonbill, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica (It’s kind of like me hanging out with Ticos!) 🙂 |
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| Juvenal Little Blue Heron , Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Juvenal Yellow-crowned Night Heron,Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Olivaceous Cormorants, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow-headed Caracara Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Striped Basilisk Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Common Black Hawk Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Tiger Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Black-necked Stilt Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| American Crocodile (Great Egret in background) Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Sunset over the Pacific Ocean Manuel Antonio Beach, Costa Rica |