Sunday, August 26, 2018

Costa Rica - more hummingbirds!

White Jacobin:

White Jacobin 7

White Jacobin 4

White Jacobin 2

Green Thorntail:
Green Thorntail 2

Coppery-headed Emerald:
Coppery-Headed Emerald 4

Green-crowned Brilliant:
Green-Crowned Brilliant 4

Ok, this is not a hummingbird. But still a cool bird! These are Great Curassows:
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This is the male:
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And this is the female:
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Green-crowned Brilliants again - these are females:
Green-Crowned Brilliant 2

Coppery-Headed Emerald 2

Green-Crowned Brilliant 6

Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird:
Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird 1

How did this toucan sneak in??
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Purple-throated Mountain-Gem:
Purple-Throated Mountain-Gem 2

Scaly-Breasted Hummingbird:
Scaly-Breasted Hummingbird

Saturday, August 11, 2018

Costa Birds - toucans, motmots, quail, and more

Yellow-Throated Toucan:

Yellow-Throated Toucan 5

Yellow-Throated Toucan 3

Yellow-Throated Toucan 6

White-Fronted Parrot:
White-Fronted Parrot 1

White-Fronted Parrot 2

White-Fronted Parrot 3

A juvenile Pale-Billed Woodpecker peeking out of its hole:
Pale-Billed Woodpecker

Crested Guan:
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Broad-Billed Motmot:
Broad-Billed Motmot 3

Broad-Billed Motmot 2

Crested Bobwhite:
Crested Bobwhite 1

Crested Bobwhite 2

Silver-Throated Tanager:
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Inca Dove:
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Double-Striped Thick-Knee:
Double-Striped Thick-Knee

Friday, August 3, 2018

Costa Rica - sloth, anteater, and more

First find of the trip: a three-toed sloth! And look close, what it does it have across its belly?

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It's got a baby sloth!
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Javelino, or Collared Peccary:
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Northern Tamandua - also knows as the Lesser Anteater:
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Coatimundi (or simply Coati), a member of the racoon family.
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Some bats living in (on?) our house:
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