Category Archives: Around Turrialba

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

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

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