Category Archives: Around Turrialba
posts about my bird sightings, as well as news and events from around the Turrialba area of Costa Rica
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
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
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
