A Pauraque or Nightjar is a uniquely patterned bird found from Southern Texas to South America. This fledgling sat virtually unnoticed on the ground due to its incredible camouflage. If you live in an area that the Common Pauraque inhabits you know it as the “get the hell out of the road” bird. The Pauraque, pronounced
Three hummingbirds that inhabit the Central Valley of Costa Rica A trip to the Central Valley proved fruitful in the hummingbird department. We were at La Paz Waterfall Gardens to take family photos for a client there on vacation. The La Paz staff invited us to stay as long as we’d like and gave us
Tanagers Costa Rica – just a sample of the colorful birds found on our farm. Tanager is a very large family of birds. At this moment the grouping is being divided into subsections due to molecular studies that have brought about variations that were unknown previously. I use our books from 2009 and 2010 as identification
A Tropical Gnatcatcher Bird This is a sad story. I saw what appeared to be a little bird fall from one of our young mango trees. I went to it to see where it came from and to see if we could put it back, but I couldn’t find the nest. I looked in every
Common Tody Flycatcher Bird In order to give guests a better bird watching area in front of the cabins we decided to take down a fairly young lime tree and an old, non-producing orange that were directly in front of the hammocks. The day we intended to do the work Barry had two little yellow
Hummingbird Eggs in a Nest We found another hummingbird nest and this time we found eggs instead of babies. We have had a lot of wind and rain here in the last two weeks and I keep wondering how those little eggs are making it. I just know that one of the baby birds is
Hummingbird Babies I happened upon this hummingbird nest with hummingbird babies in it as I was doing yard work. The nest is only about 8 feet above the ground and securely nestled in a Manu Plantano tree. I probably wouldn’t have noticed them if I had not seen the mommy hummingbird flying to it. They
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) Toucan Images from the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica The collared aracari (air-a-sorry) is a medium sized bird in the toucan family. The razor sharp beak is used to open nuts and fruits. They love mountain papaya. The trick is getting up high because the birds don’t generally come down to the ground
Osprey’s in Cayo Costa These three images were taken in Florida on Cayo Costa State Park. High up in an apparently dead tree this large nest was home to this lovely bird. The last shot is my favorite.
Costa Rica National Bird – Clay Colored Robin Thrush One would think that in a land in which birds are so brightly colored you can’t believe they are real, the National Bird would be a magnificent, multi-colored Great Green Macaw. Not in Costa Rica, the National Bird here is a Clay Colored Robin Thrush. They do
Great Kiskadee The Great Kiskadee belongs to the Tyrant Flycatcher family. There are many of these birds on our farm and they are very loud. I have several times been in bed trying to sleep and yelled at them to shut up! Some people say that their voice sounds as if to say ki-ska-dee but
A Black Cowled Oriole found on Caribbean Slope This Black Cowled Oriole was very aggressive to the other birds that had gathered around the mound of papaya and bananas we placed on the feeding stand. They favor forest edges and gardens in the Caribbean lowlands and foothills. Recent sightings on the Pacific slope of Costa Rica may mean that
Baltimore Oriole on vacation in Costa Rica, the migration of a Northern bird We came all the way to Costa Rica to see a East Coast bird the Baltimore Oriole on holiday! These birds are beautiful, even when wet. They love bananas and mangos.We set the fruit (on a homemade coconut/bamboo stand)out a few days