Category Archives: Rare birds
posts about rare sightings and life birds (first-time sightings)
One year later – Roseate Spoonbill still at Angostura
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
Plain-breasted Ground Dove – new to our area
Blue Seedeater – another new bird close to home
Northern Harrier – Rare Turrialba sighting
Stilt Sandpiper at Angostura
Great Green Macaw – reclaiming parts of its range
Purple-throated Fruitcrow and other uncommon sightings
White-fronted Nunbird and Brown-capped Tyrannulet
Tiny Hawk
Semiplumbeous Hawk – a rare appearance in our area
Lineated Foliage-Gleaner in hiding at Las Abras
Pygmy-Owls in or near Turrialba
Spectacled Owl at Turrialba
Turrialba Volcano Slope -Quetzals and much more
Roseate Spoonbills at Angostura – a first for our area
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl at Aquiares
Blue-and-gold Tanager
Birds for Beer 