I would be amiss if I didn’t include pictures other than birds.
Rufous tailed hummingbird
Enjoy the butterflies. I don’t know the names, they are certainly beautiful. Some pictures were taken in the Butterfly Garden in Monteverde and others were taken in Drake Bay on the Osa Peninsula and at Hotel Bougainvillea in San Jose.
I have to mention my great guides. At Aquila de Osa, Drake Bay on the Osa Peninsula, Carlos Gonzalez, clgonzalez08@gmail.com spotted them all. He promised scarlet macaws, toucans, monkeys, caracara, iguanas, trogons, ringed and belted kingfishers, boobies, black hawks and much more. In Monteverde, Esteban Mendez Vargas, mendezguia@hotmail.com led me to the bell bird and oropendula at the nest. He also showed me an hepatic tanager, toucan, and motmot. Any bird you want to see, Esteban will show you. Adrian, at the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, gave his nature walk talk and was nice enough to point out quite a lot of birds especially for me. He caught the quetzal family, toucanet, brown catbirds in the nest. And he arranged for Esteban to guide me the next day.
Injured hummingbird – used only one leg
Tiger striped heron – the family (mate and fledgling) was with him
Clay colored robin, the national bird of Costa Rica
My dream has been to go to Costa Rica and see the scarlet macaws in the wild. That dream was realized. Plus, I got to see and photograph some other things there. The first pictures are from Drake Bay on the Osa Peninsula.
Scarlet macaw sharing breakfast
Scarlet macaw watching us eat breakfast
Lineated woodpecker entertaining us on a hike to find the toucans.
Can’t be in Costa Rica without seeing a reptile. Chameleon watching the tourists
Juvenile caracara was not bothered by us at all. Its mother was a bit upset, though.
We went from the Corcovado jungle to the Monteverde Cloud Forest. Now that’s a trip.
This motmot was right next to a cafe on the main road.
Oropendula tending to her young very late in the season to be raising chicks.
Everyone in Costa Rica wants to see the elusive bell bird. Its boing sound is captivating.
Of course I have more pictures to post.
