
Author Archives: Paul G Pickering


Hepatic Tanager

Plain-breasted Ground Dove – new to our area

In my Costa Rican garden – Montezuma Oropendola

In my Costa-Rican garden: Yellow-throated Euphonia

Wrenthrush – Not a wren and not a thrush

Great day at Aquiares – Red-headed Barbet and 74 other delights

Blue Seedeater – another new bird close to home

Band-backed Wren – Big and noisy

Northern Harrier – Rare Turrialba sighting

Stilt Sandpiper at Angostura

Great Green Macaw – reclaiming parts of its range

The beautiful Gray-headed Kite

In my Costa Rican garden: Bananaquit

Garden Emerald – glittering green

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

At the Aquiares look-out – 3 common species not easy to spot

White-throated Crake

Purple-throated Fruitcrow and other uncommon sightings

White-fronted Nunbird and Brown-capped Tyrannulet

Ornate Hawk-Eagle in flight at Bonilla Arriba

Tiny Hawk

Semiplumbeous Hawk – a rare appearance in our area
