Category Archives: Around Turrialba

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

White-winged Becard nest at El Banco – and more!

Morning visit to Los Bajos del Volcán Turrialba

Nest of Sooty-faced Finch – not much known, can you contribute?/El nido no muy conocido del Pinzón Barranquero, ¿quién puede contribuir?

Sooty-faced Finch and Bat Falcon at La Muralla/Pinzón Barranquero y Halcón Cuelliblanco en La Muralla

Quetzals under the Turrialba Volcano

Angostura Dam revisited

Lagunas de Bonilla – Snowy Cotinga and Fasciated Antshrike

Spot-crowned Woodcreeper

Angostura Dam

Three nice hummingbird photos

Not so Common Yellowthroat

A surfeit of Limpkins at Casa Turire

Costa Rican Redstarts

Short-tailed Hawk feasts on Tityra in Santa Rosa de Turrialba

Return to the Rio Tuis valley

Double-toothed Kite at last!

Excursion to La Esperanza de Atirro

Ornate Hawk-Eagle near Atirro

Rio Tausito

Gray-headed Kite at Guayabo National Monument

Bonilla Arriba, monkeys and lots of birds

Red-headed Barbets at Torito

Excursion to Bajo Pacuare

Most Turrialba Volcano roads again accessible