Category Archives: In My Patch

posts about bird sightings in and around my house and garden in San Antonio

Garden visitor: Female Purple-throated Mountain-gem

Black phase Hook-billed Kite

Strange sightings in the village – Lapwings and ospreys!

Hook-billed Kite – San Antonio de Turrialba

In my Costa Rican Garden – Stripe-throated Hermit

Lineated Woodpecker

In my Costa Rican garden – Lesson’s Motmot

In my garden: Purple-throated Mountain-gem + at least 5 other hummingbird species

Black-cowled Oriole

In my Costa Rican garden – Montezuma Oropendola

In my Costa Rican garden: Yellow-throated Euphonia

Band-backed Wren – Big and noisy

In my Costa Rican garden: Bananaquit

Yellow-thighed Brushfinch and Collared Trogon: Highland species with name changes

In my Costa Rican garden: Common Tody-Flycatcher

Roseate Spoonbills at Angostura – a first for our area

In my Costa Rican garden: Streak-headed Woodcreeper

In my Costa Rican garden: Crimson-fronted Parakeet

In my Costa Rican garden: White-crowned Parrot

In my Costa Rican garden: Black-cheeked Woodpecker

In my Costa Rican garden: Keel-billed Toucan

In a Costa Rican garden: Roadside Hawk

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl at Aquiares

In a Costa Rican garden: Rufous-tailed Hummingbird