PeterHG's Big Year-4th time

[PeterHG]

210 (CR 169). Chestnut-sided Warbler. Uvita, Febr. Very common North-American warbler.

 

[Galana]

9 hours ago, PeterHG said:

Prothonotary Warbler.

Fancy calling that for the checklist after a couple of glasses of Ginever.

[PeterHG]

211 (CR 170). Boat-billed Flycatcher. Uvita, Febr. Very similar to the Great Kiskadee, but a much heavier bill. It is said to be quite common, but it's the only time I saw one, though I may have overlooked a few, of course.

 

[PeterHG]

212 (CR 171). Fiery-billed Aracari. Uvita, Febr. This species replaces the Collared Aracari in the central and southern Pacific areas. 

 

 

 

 

[PeterHG]

213 (CR 172). Dusky-capped Flycatcher. Uvita, Febr.

 

[PeterHG]

214 (CR 173). Yellow-headed Caracara. Uvita, Febr. A walk along the beach produced this beautiful raptor. We saw them on a number of occasions, but mostly juveniles. This was the only adult bird I was able to take a photo of.

 

[PeterHG]

215 (CR 174) American Oystercatcher. Uvita, Febr. One wary bird on the beach and the only one we saw.

 

[PeterHG]

From our Uvita accommodation we had booked a boat tour on the Sierpe River. Not the best boat tour we had, mainly due to the impatience of the skipper/guide, when we did not manage to see the tiny bird he had spotted in the thick branches overhanging the river. When my wife had seen the bird and I still hadn't, he considered that enough reason to move on to the next spot. I tried to slow him down by explaining that I preferred a leisurely trip over hasty target-hunting, but only partly succeeded. Well, for photography it was not the best opportunity anyway and we did see some interesting birds, so I resigned myself to the pace.

I did manage a quick shot of the hummingbird nest he showed us...

 216 (CR 175). Green-breasted Mango. Sierpe River, Febr.

 

 

 

[PeterHG]

217 (CR 176). Orchard Oriole. Sierpe River, Febr. The female. We did see the male, but no change for a shot.

 

[PeterHG]

218 (CR 177) Yellow-tailed Oriole. Sierpe River, Febr. Yet another oriole high up in the trees that we had never seen before.

 

[PeterHG]

219 (CR 178) Purple Galllinule. Sierpe River, Febr.

 

[PeterHG]

200 (CR 179) Blue-headed Parrot. Sierpe River. Sometimes bird names don't make sense, do they ?

 

[PeterHG]

221 (CR 180) Common Nighthawk. Sierpe River, Febr. A really good find by our guide, I must give him that.

 

[PeterHG]

222 (CR 181) Yellow-crowned Night Heron. Sierpe River, Febr. One of the most beautiful herons, I think.

 

[PeterHG]

223 (CR 182). Gartered Trogon, Uvita, Febr. Formerly  Violaceous Trogon, which has been split into several separate species.

 

 

[PeterHG]

224 (CR 183). Red-crowned Woodpecker. Uvita, Febr. Only present in the southern Pacific area.

 

Male:

 

And female:

[PeterHG]

225 (CR 184) Brown Jay. Uvita, Febr.  The yellowish bill points to this being a juvenile bird

 

[PeterHG]

226 (CR 185). Grey-headed Tanager. Uvita, Febr. Seen only once, when we walked the forested trail down to the river from the camp. I did not immediately think of a tanager, but that's what it is. Lifer.

 

[PeterHG]

227 (CR 186). House Wren. Uvita, Febr. Quite similar to our European wren.

 

[PeterHG]

228 (CR 187) Yellow-olive Flatbill. Uvita, Febr. Also known as Yellow-olive Flycatcher. This one had me baffled for a while, but I'm reasonably sure the ID is correct. Of course, if anyone has other ideas I'd be happy to hear them.

 

[PeterHG]

229 (CR 188) Streak-headed Woodcreeper. Uvita, Febr. Seen at various locations.

 

[PeterHG]

Then onwards to our final destination: San Gerardo de Dota, quite high up in the mountains. On the way there we managed to pick up a few additions:

230 (CR 189). Blue-and white Swallow. CR, Febr.

 

 

Edited May 14, 2019 by PeterHG

[PeterHG]

231 (CR 190) Swallow-tailed Kite. CR, Febr. One of the most beautiful raptors of Costa Rica

 

[PeterHG]

232 (CR 191) Sooty Thrush. San Gerardo de Dota, Febr. 

 

[PeterHG]

233 (CR 192). Grey-breasted Wood Wren. San Gerardo, Febr. We saw this little bird, a lifer, on our first little walk after arriving at our accommodation. It turned ou to be the only sighting.