
Category Archives: Rare birds
posts about rare sightings and life birds (first-time sightings)


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?
