Category Archives: Around Turrialba
posts about my bird sightings, as well as news and events from around the Turrialba area of Costa Rica
Band-backed Wren – Big and noisy
Northern Harrier – Rare Turrialba sighting
Stilt Sandpiper at Angostura
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
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
