Category Archives: Around Turrialba
posts about my bird sightings, as well as news and events from around the Turrialba area of Costa Rica
Limpkin and Snail Kite at Angostura
Kingfishers at Angostura, Turrialba
Yellow birds nesting in a Costa Rican garden
Raptors great and small: Ornate Hawk-Eagle and Merlin now in our area
One tree, many birds
Flocking Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Turrialba Volcano slope – first visit of 2018
Peralta – tiger-herons, vultures and caracaras
Pinnated and Least Bittern at Angostura
Rose-throated Becard at the CATIE canal
Wattled Jaçana at Casa Turire
Lagunas de doña Ana
Best hummingbird today on the Rio Pacuare – Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
Angostura – always a great walk
Is that woodpecker a Rufous-winged or just a Golden-olive?
First migrant warbler of the season – Black-and-white Warbler
One of our tiny hummingbirds – the Green Thorntail
A beautiful forest walk; Buff-rumped Warbler and White-ruffed Manakin at La Esperanza de Atirro
White-eared Ground-Sparrow at El Banco
White-whiskered Puffbird – you can’t invent a better name!
White-collared Manakin nest
A beautiful forest and pastureland walk
