Category Archives: Rare birds

posts about rare sightings and life birds (first-time sightings)

Pearl Kite in Cartago / Elanio Enano en Cartago

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

Cape May Warbler on a stormy day

Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge

Greenish Elaenia – a tricky ID

White-eyed Vireo becomes a VIP

A present on Christmas Day

White-eyed Vireo, a rarity in the garden

Rare Brewster’s Warbler at Pavones, near Turrialba

Turrialba Volcano National Park and the Giant Woodcreeper

Laughing Gull at Cachí

Male Cape May Warbler – rufous cheeks and all

Cape May Warbler – non-breeding male

Gray Catbird

Male Yellow-bellied sapsucker at Quebrada La Loca

Ornate Hawk-Eagle at San Rafael de Santa Cruz

Yellow-breasted chat still here

Great Green Macaws fly by on the main road between San José and Limón

Yellow-breasted chat – a rarity here in Costa Rica

Snowcap at San Rafael

Mystery solved! Cape May warbler (Setophaga tigrina) goes on the San Antonio list

Mystery Warbler Solved?

Excursion to Quebrada Bonita, Acosta

Back in Costa Rica, January 2014!