Now that we are settled back home in Vancouver, it gave me a chance to go through the hundreds of bird photographs that Kate took during our two weeks in Costa Rica. I was amazed at how well some of them had turned out. Kate did a really great job and it’s because of her [...]
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Hummingbirds of Costa Rica
Posted in Birding in Costa Rica, tagged Arenal Observatory Lodge, Birding Costa Rica, Blue-throated Goldentail, Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer, Brown Voilet-Ear, Charming Hummingbird, Coppery-headed Emerald, Costa Rica, Fiery-throated Hummingbird, Green Hermit, Green Thorntail, Green Violet-Ear, Green-breasted Mango, Green-crowned Brilliant, Hummingbirds of Costa Rica, Irazu Volcano, La Georgina Restaurante, La Selva, Long-billed Hermit, Magenta-throated Woodstar, Magnificent Hummingbird, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Purple-throated Mountain Gem, Richard Garrigues, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve, Scaly-breasted Hummingbird, Stripe-tailed Hummingbird, Stripe-throated Hermit, Talari Mountain Lodge, The Birds of Costa Rica, Violet Sabrewing, Violet-crowned Woodnymph, Violet-headed Hummingbird, Volcano Hummingbird, White-necked Jacobin, White-throated Mountain Gem on November 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Irazu Volcano National Park – Costa Rica
Posted in Birding in Costa Rica, tagged Acorn Woodpecker, Black and Yellow Silky Flycatcher, Blue-crowned Motmot, Blue-Gray Tanager, Costa Rica, Flame-throated Warbler, Hoffmann's Woodpecker, hummingbirds, Irazu Vocano, Peg-billed Finch, Rufous-collard Sparrow, Slaty Flowerpiercer, Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager, Spot-crowned Woodcreeper, Volcano Junco, Wilson's Warbler on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our amazing time birding Costa Rica was coming close to an end. This was our last full day for birding. Kate and I have something about visiting a volcano during our last day of vacation. We ended our vacation in Maui at Haleakala and now in Costa Rica at Irazu Volcano. There is something about [...]
Birding at Braulio Carrillo with Richard Garrigues – Costa Rica
Posted in Birding in Costa Rica, tagged Black Vulture, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl, Gray-breasted Martin, Melodious Blackbird, Pale-vented Pigeon, Richard Garrigues, The Birds of Costa Rica, Tropical Screech Owl, Turkey Vulture, White-necked Jacobin, White-throated Crake on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This was the day I was waiting for the entire trip. Up until now, we have had amazing success. We have seen some amazing birds and were both sitting around the 250 species for Costa Rica. Many of those 250 were lifer birds for both Kate and myself. Today was the day that we got [...]
Talari Mountain Lodge – Costa Rica
Posted in Birding in Costa Rica, tagged Baltimore Oriole, Blue-crowned Motmot, Blue-Gray Tanager, Cherrie's Tanager, Costa Rica, Gray-necked Wood Rail, Green Honeycreeper, Speckled Tanager, Streaked Saltator, Talari Mountain Lodge on November 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Talari Montain Lodge was our next stop over before we headed back to San Jose for our last couple of nights in Costa Rica. This lodge was rustic and brought back many memories of some of the camps that I use to stay in back in my boy scout days. The lodge itself was [...]
Esquinas Rainforest Lodge & La Gamba Fields – Costa Rica
Posted in Birding in Costa Rica, tagged Buff-throated Saltator, Costa Rica, Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, Green Heron, Little Blue Heron, Southern Lapwing, Spectacled Owl, Striped Cuckoo, White Ibis, Yellow-headed Caracara on November 19, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Our stay at Esquinas Rainforest Lodge was nothing short of amazing. This was as far south in Costa Rica as we could get this trip, due to the storms that battered this area just before we arrived in Costa Rica. Esquinas Rainforest was suppose to be the first stop on our journey. The storm damage to the [...]
Punta Leona Beach Resort and The Pacific Coast – Costa Rica
Posted in Birding in Costa Rica, tagged Amazon Kingfisher, Belted Kingfisher, Black-throated Trogon, Carara National Park, Cattle Egret, Costa Rica, Green Heron, Green Kingfisher, Little Blue Heron, Magnificant Frigatebird, Mangrove Vireo, Mangrove Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Punta Leona Beach Resort, Ringed Kingfisher, Semipalmated Plover, Snowy Erget, Tarcoles River, Tennessee Warbler, Tricolored Heron, Yellow-crowned Euphonia, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron on November 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The next stop on our quest was the beautiful resort of Punta Leona. Punta Leona sits right on the Pacific Ocean just minutes away from Carara National Park and the Tarcoles River. This was the prime location to add a few water birds to both of our life lists. A two hour boat trip through the mangroves [...]
Pictures from Monteverde Cloud Forest – Costa Rica
Posted in Birding in Costa Rica, tagged Common Bush-Tanger, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Purple-throated Mountain Gem, Resplendent Quetzal, Santa Elena Cloud Rainforest on November 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As promised, here are some of the pictures from our two days at Santa Elena and Monteverde Cloud Forests. Will move onto the Pacific Coast in my next blog. Enjoy (we sure did) RESPLENDENT QUETZAL Here’s the little guy that I’ve nicknamed the “Costa Rican Junco” I loved these guys COMMON BUSH-TANAGER PURPLE-THROATED MOUNTAIN GEM [...]
The Cloud Rainforest of Santa Elena and Monteverde – Costa Rica
Posted in Birding in Costa Rica, tagged Blue-crowned Motmot, Common Bush-Tanager, Monteverde Cloud Rainforest, Resplendant Quetzal, Santa Elena Cloud Rainforest on November 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The cloud forests of Santa Elena and Monteverde lived up to their names. Full of lots of clouds and wet, wet weather. Our first day was spent at Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve. As I mentioned at the end of my last blog, the birding was quiet. Might have had something to do with all [...]
Arenal Observatory Lodge – Costa Rica
Posted in Birding in Costa Rica, tagged Arenal Observatory Lodge, Montezuma Oropendola, Yellow Eared Toucanat, Bay-headed Tanager, Passerini's Tanager, Slaty-tailed Trogon, Gartered Trogon, Yellow-faced Grassquit, Santa Elena Cloud Rainforest, Laughing Falcon, Scarlet-thighed Dacnis on November 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
After we left La Selva (I was sad to go) we made our way to the next desintation on our list, Arenal Observatory Lodge. We stayed here for two days and continued to add more amazing birds to both of our life lists. This place has kilometers of trails that pass through several different types [...]
La Selva Biological Station – Costa Rica
Posted in Birding in Costa Rica, tagged Blue-gray Tanger, Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, Collared Aracari, Golden-hooded Tanger, Gray-capped Flycatcher, La Selva Biological Station, Olive-backed Euphonia, Silver-throated Tanger, Slaty-backed Tinamou, Slaty-backed Trogon, Squirrel Cuckoo, Violaceous Trogon on November 8, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I was hoping to get some blogging done before tonight, but wireless internet in the jungles of Costa Rica…unheard of. This has been my first opportunity since Kate and I arrived. First let me tell you that Costa Rica is too much for words. The birds and all wildlife is unbelievable. For the past couple of days [...]
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