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  1. Common Black Hawk

    Common Black Hawk

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • buteogallus anthracinus bangsi common black hawk costa rica tarcoles river
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  2. Osprey

    Osprey

    One of quite a few sightings of these fabulous birds.This was on the Tarcoles River.
    • Mick Harris
    • Media item
    • costa rica osprey tarcoles river
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  3. Black-Hawk

    Black-Hawk

    Shot on the Tarcoles River estuary in Costa Rica.Lucky to get so close on the boat.
    • Mick Harris
    • Media item
    • black-hawk costa rica tarcoles river
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  4. Mangrove Vireo C-RICA SER 2

    Mangrove Vireo C-RICA SER 2

    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • costa rica mangrove vireo tarcoles river
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  5. Blue-headed Vireo C-RICA SER 2

    Blue-headed Vireo C-RICA SER 2

    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • blue-headed vireo costa rica tarcoles river vireo solitarius
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  6. Black-necked Stilt Feeding C-RICA SER 2

    Black-necked Stilt Feeding C-RICA SER 2

    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • black-necked stilt costa rica tarcoles river
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  7. Wilson's Plover C-RICA SER 2

    Wilson's Plover C-RICA SER 2

    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • costa rica tarcoles river wilson's plover
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  8. Osprey Eating Fish C-RICA SER 2

    Osprey Eating Fish C-RICA SER 2

    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • costa rica osprey tarcoles river
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  9. Osprey with Fish C-RICA SER 2

    Osprey with Fish C-RICA SER 2

    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • costa rica osprey tarcoles river
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  10. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Juvenile with Hermit Crab C-RICA SER 2

    Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Juvenile with Hermit Crab C-RICA SER 2

    I photographed this bird from a boat. The bird was on the mud in a mangrove, and was in a dappling of bright sunlight and deep shade. Enhancement with Photoshop helped only a little to produce an acceptable image, but despite its photographic shortcomings I upload it here because the juvenile...
    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • costa rica tarcoles river yellow-crowned night-heron juvenile
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  11. Green Kingfisher C-RICA SER 2

    Green Kingfisher C-RICA SER 2

    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • costa rica green kingfisher tarcoles river
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  12. Tricolored Heron C-RICA SER 2

    Tricolored Heron C-RICA SER 2

    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • costa rica tarcoles river tricolored heron
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  13. Yellow-headed Caracaras Calling C-RICA SER 2

    Yellow-headed Caracaras Calling C-RICA SER 2

    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • costa rica tarcoles river yellow-headed caracara
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  14. Mangrove Black-Hawk Juvenile C-RICA SER 2

    Mangrove Black-Hawk Juvenile C-RICA SER 2

    The Mangrove Black-Hawk was formerly considered a separate species. Now it is classified as a subspecies of the Common Black-Hawk
    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • costa rica mangrove black-hawk tarcoles river
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  15. Barred Antshrike C-RICA SER 2

    Barred Antshrike C-RICA SER 2

    This bird, in dense shrubbery at edge of river was very difficult to photograph from our unstable boat. Hence the less than perfect view of the bird, and mediocre photographic quality, but I was happy to get any photograph of this species.
    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • barred antshrike costa rica tarcoles river thamnophilus doliatus
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  16. Scarlet Macaws

    Scarlet Macaws

    I had hoped for these in Panama but not seen them there. However, Costa Rica was the luck of the draw: this was not even the first day we saw them, and in total they appear in the notes from five different days!
    • njlarsen
    • Media item
    • ara macao costa rica tarcoles river
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  17. American Crocodile

    American Crocodile

    • njlarsen
    • Media item
    • costa rica tarcoles river
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Reptiles
  18. Green Kingfisher

    Green Kingfisher

    Early morning light made the bird stand out from the river bank.
    • njlarsen
    • Media item
    • chloroceryle americana costa rica tarcoles river
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  19. Common Black Hawk

    Common Black Hawk

    This is the Pacific or Mangrove Black-Hawk type
    • njlarsen
    • Media item
    • buteogallus anthracinus costa rica tarcoles river
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  20. Mangrove Swallow

    Mangrove Swallow

    This bird was sitting on the edge of the boat when we did the early morning mangrove birding tour. The boat had a couple of nest boxes for them under the roof.
    • njlarsen
    • Media item
    • costa rica tachycineta albilinea tarcoles river
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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