Costa Rica trip with Indiana Audubon and Costa Rica Gateway Tours - October, 2019
Wendy and I returned to Costa Rica for a second time this year on an Indiana Audubon trip. This tour was on the Carribean side of the country, spending three nights each at two wonderful lodges - Selva Verde Lodge and Rancho Naturalista. This trip was organized by Indiana birders Chad Williams and John Velasquez. Once again we enjoyed a fabulous time enjoying the birds and other wildlife of this amazing country with a terrific group of Indiana birders.
* John's Favorites
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Black Guan
Anhinga
Bare-throated Tiger-heron (adult)
Fasciated Tiger-heron
* Boat-billed Heron (immature)
* Black-crowned Night-heron (juvenile)
Green Ibis
* Southern Lapwing
* Northern Jacana (adult)
* Northern Jacana (juvenile)
King Vulture
Russet-naped Wood-rail
* Tiny Hawk
Roadside Hawk
* Spectacled Owl
Middle American Screech-Owl
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Violet Sabrewing
Band-tailed Barbthroat
Green Hermit
* Stripe-throated Hermit
* Long-billed Hermit
* White-necked Jacobin (male)
White-necked Jacobin (female)
* Crowned Woodnymph
Coppery-headed Emerald
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
* Green-breasted Mango
Green Thorntail (male)
Black-crested Coquette (female)
* Snowcap (male)
Snowcap (female)
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Red-billed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
* Orange-chinned Parakeet
Squirrel Cuckoo
Gartered Trogon (male)
Gartered Trogon (female)
Slaty-tailed Trogon (male and female)
* Lesson's Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Green Kingfisher
* White-fronted Nunbird
* Collared Aracari
Yellow-throated Toucan
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
* Pale-billed Woodpecker
* Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Fasciated Antshrike (female)
Barred Antshrike
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Tawny-chested Flycatcher
Torrent Tyrannulet
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
* Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Black-capped Tityra (female)
White-collared Manakin
Lovely Cotinga
Brown Jay
Rufous-naped Wren
White-breasted Wood-wren
Lesser Greenlet
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Rufous-capped Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
* Scarlet-rumped Tanager (male)
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (female)
Crimson-collared Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
* Green Honeycreeper (male)
Green Honeycreeper (female)
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Variable Seedeater
Grayish Saltator
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Orange-billed Sparrow (adult)
Orange-billed Sparrow (juvenile)
Black-striped Sparrow
White-eared Ground-sparrow
Rufous-collared Sparrow (adult)
Rufous-collared Sparrow (juvenile)
Red-throated Ant-tanager
Melodious Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
* Montezuma Oropendola
Olive-backed Euphonia
Lodges and trip images
Mammals, spiders and various insects
Reptiles
Amphibians
Butterflies and Moths
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