Birding Around the World

Name: Birding Around the World
Address: 50 m al norte del Hotel Shawandha, Puerto Viejo, CR
Telephone: 360-799-3033

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Birding Around the World

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23/05/2019

White-Throated Mountain Gem

We saw this little guy amongst the hummingbird species at San Gerardo de Dota in the highlands of Costa Rica where this species is endemic to Costa Rica and western Panama.

03/04/2019

Slaty Spinetail

We saw this spinetail in the highlands of Costa Rica last week. The highlands of Costa Rica have such a wide array of unique and endemic species!

01/04/2019

Prong-Billed Barbet

We saw a pair of these barbets in the highlands close to where we saw the hordes of resplendent quetzals and the sound of the black-faced solitaires and three-wattled bellbirds.

We had to tell the quetzals to get out of the way so we could photograph the barbets. Haha.

What an amazing morning in the highlands of Costa Rica!

29/03/2019

Who would love to come to the highlands of Costa Rica to see the Resplendent Quetzal?

Due to high levels of competition in a limited geographic area the resplendent quetzal evolved to have two-feet long tail feathers, bright colors, and a variety of other eye-catching features.

They live in the highlands of central America and where we were at Las Tablas, we saw at least 10 of them out in the open. Incredible.

28/03/2019

Three-Wattled Bellbird

The sound this bird makes is absolutely incredible. It's song sounds like a single note an electric guitar. Or an electric keyboard. It also has 3 wattles hanging from its beak.

Nature is incredibly fascinating. This bird is found in the higher elevations of Costa Rica.

28/03/2019

Green Thorntail

This hummingbird is one of the gems in the highlands of Costa Rica. We saw this one along with nine other species of hummingbirds within 5 minutes at the feeders at La Paz Waterfalls.

Who wants to see this gem in Costa Rica?

26/03/2019

Red-Headed Barbet

This barbet is found in the highlands of Costa Rica on some of the sky islands in Central America where there are a nigh number of endemic species. We saw 150 species in just a day and a half of birding.

Question: If I organized a 10-day birding trip throughout Costa Rica for April 2020, who would seriously be interested in joining us?

21/03/2019

The King Vulture

Typically this raptor is seen soaring in the air. We saw it on the ground towering above other black vultures eating a carcass. They're quite impressive up close.

20/03/2019

Violet Sabrewing

After we saw eight other smaller green hummingbird species, a few min later this much larger violet sabrewing entered the picture. It was much more striking than the other species due to its size and color.

La Paz Waterfall Gardens is a hummingbird haven in the mountains of Costa Rica!

18/03/2019

Black-Bellied Hummingbird

At La Paz Waterfall Gardens in Costa Rica just a 60 min drive from the airport you can find loads of hummingbird species at the feederes and in the garden, many of which are endemic to the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama, including this Black-Bellied Hummingbird!

13/03/2019

Red-Legged Honeycreeper

This is a breeding male and a common site in these areas in the Caribbean. Just photographed him eating a papaya out of a tree.

26/02/2019

American Pygmy Kingfisher in the House!

Did he make it out??

This little guy flew through the front entrance and then couldn't find its way out. It kept trying to go through the screen windows. And then it kept hitting up against the ceiling and the wall met trying to find a way through.

This kingfisher is used to taking cover in small bushes and dense thickets, and it was surprised it couldn't find a way through the wall. It flew around and around the house and made its way into my office.

I tried to guide it outside, but it wasn't working. I went out of the room as the cat entered the room. Our cat has been quite useless and has never been a hunter or caught a mouse to save its life.

But two seconds later the cat came trotting out of the house with the kingfisher in its mouth. I was happy that our cat is now hunting, but sad that it took this little kingfisher.

This little guy was an American Pygmy Kingfisher to be exact, the rarest kind of the 6 species of kingfishers. I've seen all the other 5 species except for this one. This little guy is more difficult to find because it's so small and stays hidden in bushes and streams.

He was only 5 inches big, the smallest type of kingfisher. Rest in peace.

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