Author Archives: Paul G Pickering

Ochre-bellied flycatcher with morning cup of Costa Rican coffee

Yellow Tyrannulet

Lineated Woodpecker

White-fronted Nunbird – a new bird for me

Great Green Macaw – in numbers!

Red-legged Honeycreeper at Santa Rosa

In my Costa Rican garden – Lesson’s Motmot

In my garden: Purple-throated Mountain-gem + at least 5 other hummingbird species

Nesting Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls

Red-winged Blackbird

One year later – Roseate Spoonbill still at Angostura

Black-cowled Oriole

Striped Owl by night at Santa Rosa

Muscovy Duck

Belted Kingfisher – our only migrant kingfisher

Boat-billed Heron in flight

Zone-tailed Hawk at CATIE

Lanceolated Monklet at Refugio de Vida Silvestre La Marta

Northern Parula, Worm-eating Warbler and other unusual migrants at Aquiares

Rough-legged Tyrannulet

Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher at Aquiares

Highland Excursion – Quetzals and much more

Brown-billed Scythebill

Hepatic Tanager