Category Archives: Around Turrialba

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

Magnificent Hummingbird in San Antonio /Colibrí Magnífico en San Antonio

A new bird for me – Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher /Ave nueva para mí, el Mosquerito Colirrufo

Tawny-crested Tanager

Turrialba Volcano ash closes El Tapojo quetzal site

Water Birds at Angostura / Especies Acuáticas en Angostura

Yellow-throated Euphonia v. Yellow-crowned

Villa Florencia area offers surprises / Villa Florencia nos ofrece sorpresas

Masked Duck and Nesting Barn Owl/Pato Enmascarado y Lechuza Ratonera con nido

Emerald Toucanet and Prong-billed Barbet

Anhinga at CATIE

Palm Warbler and Sharp-shinned Hawk

Laughing Falcon at Rio Claro

Dippers and Torrent Tyrannulets at La Muralla waterfall

Greenish Elaenia – a tricky ID

Life Birds at Verbena Sur

New Antbirds for me

The Volcanoes Road

Wood Stork in Turrialba

Sunshine and Quetzals on the Turrialba Volcano

Black-crowned Tityra at Casa Turire

Ruby-throated Hummingbird – the only migrant hummer in Costa Rica

Pavones Hummingbird Hedge gets 14 species – no feeders used!

Crested Caracara now appearing in the high country

Rare Brewster’s Warbler at Pavones, near Turrialba