Author Archives: Paul G Pickering

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

Bat Falcon – Beautiful raptor well named!

Lattice-tailed Trogon at Torre Alta de Pavones

Cerulean Warbler – first migrant warblers arrive

Lineated Foliage-Gleaner in hiding at Las Abras

Brown-billed Scythebill at Los Bajos del Volcán

Pygmy-Owls in or near Turrialba

Yellow-thighed Brushfinch and Collared Trogon: Highland species with name changes

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Spectacled Owl at Turrialba

Striped Owl by day

Black-crowned Tityra

Turrialba Volcano Slope -Quetzals and much more

Hungry juvenile Collared Redstart

In my Costa Rican garden: Common Tody-Flycatcher