Anne Belton Photography
In February 2016, 6 birders from Calgary went to Coast Rica. We hired a local guide. We drove from San Jose to our first stop at Cerro Lodge. First morning was spent around the grounds, lunch at a beach and then a boat ride along a river.
Black and White Owls
Black-capped Tityra
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Lesser Ground-Cuckoo
White-throated Magpie Jay
Squirrel Cuckoo
Turquoise-browed Motmot
Hoffman's Woodpecker
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Rufous-naped Wren
At lunch we were entertained by some Scarlet Macaws
Magnificent Frigatebird
Great-tailed Grackle
Whimbrel
White Ibis
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Bare-necked Tiger Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Green Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Little Blue Heron
Jacana
Osprey
Brown Pelican
Spotted Sandpiper
Tri-coloured Heron
Panama Flycatcher
Black Vulture
Common Black Hawk
Grey Hawk
White-winged Dove
Day 2 - trails around Carara National Park
Baltimore Oriole
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
Barred Woodcreeper
Double-striped Thick-knee
Least Grebe
Black-headed Trogon
Bronzed Cowbird
Scarlet Macaw
Royal Flycatcher - building a nest
Yellow-throated Trogon
Late afternoon we went to a small opening in the forest where several birds came in for a drink and a bath.
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Red-capped Manakin and Blue-capped Manakin.
Tennessee Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Day 3 - Carara to San Geraldo
Green Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Green-backed Heron
Hoffman's Woodpecker
Green-crowned Brilliant
Golden-hooded Tanager
Passerini Tanager
Groove-billed Ani
Resplendant Quetzal
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Stripe-headed Sparrow
Speckled Tanager
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Turquoise Cotinga
Tennessee Warbler
Variable Seed-eater
Day 4 - San Geraldo to Selve
Flame-coloured Tanager
White-throated Mountain-Gem &
Black-capped Flycatcher
Acorn Woodpecker
Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher
Magnificent Hummingbird
Fiery-throated Hummingbird
Green Violetear
Magnificent Hummingbird
Scintillated Hummingbird
Purple-throated Mountain-gem (f)
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Scintillated Hummingbird
White-throated Mountain-gem
Slaty Flower-piercer
Sooty Robin
Volcano Junco
Volcano Hummingbird
Western Tanager
White-throated Mountain-gem
Wilson's Warbler
White-winged Tanager
Yellow-thighed Finch
Yellow-winged Vireo
Black-capped Flycatcher
Bronze-tailed Plumeteer
Little Hermit
Day 5 - Selve area
Crowned Woodnymph (m&f)
Long-tailed Hermit
Grey-necked Wood-rail
Resplendant Quetzal
Orange-backed Euphonia
White-necked Jacobin
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus
Day 6 - Arenal area
Black-faced Grosbeak
Brown-hooded Parrot
Fasciated Antshrike
Short-billed Pigeon
Crested Owls
Broad-billed Motmot
Cassin's Tanager
Great Curasow
Long-tailed Tyrant
Slaty-tailed Trogon (m&f)
Stub-tailed Spadebill
Streaked-headed Woodcreeper
Squirrel Cuckoo
Day 7 Arenal area
Baltimore Oriole & Red-headed Barbet
Bananaquit
Baltimore Oriole (m&f)
Blue-grey Tanager
Emerald Toucanet
Green Thorntail
Green-crowned Brilliant (m&f)
Passerini Tanager
Palm Tanager
Prong-billed Barbet
Tennessee Warbler
Red-hooded Barbet
Silver-throated Tanager
Buff-throated Saltator
Violet Sabrewing
White-bellied Mountain-gem
Day 8 - Arenal area
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Day 9 - Arenal area
Boat-billed Heron
Black Vulture
Collared Aricari
Clay-coloured Robin
Broad-tailed Hawk
Fasciated Tiger Heron
Crimson-collare
Common Tody-flycatcher
Green Honeycreeper (m&f)
Kiskadee
Golden-hooded Tanager
Hoffman's Woodpecker
Grey-headed Chachalaca
Montezuma's Oropendula
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Olive-backed Euphonia
Passerini Tanager
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Thick-billed Seedeater
White-winged Tanager
Shining Honeycreeper
Summer Tanager
Yellow-throated Euphonia
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Brown Jay
Blue Grey Tanager
Black-cowled Oriole
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Great Curasow (m&f)
Emerald Tanager
Magenta-throated Woodstar
White-throated Crake
White-winged Dove
Green Violetear
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Slaty Flowerpiercer (f)
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Lots of rain on this trip but 303 species seen