Category Archives: Rare birds
posts about rare sightings and life birds (first-time sightings)
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!
Wallcreeper at last!
La Crau – A stony but beautiful waste with several life birds
Vultures – a stroke of luck
