10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2020

The most common urban parakeet, this is the one that has become adapted to nesting on buildings, including the center of San Jose. This is the only parrot in the Central Valley with a short tail, white crown, and bat-like flight whereby the wings are flapped below the plane of the body. White-fronted Parrot.

Parrots 279

Parrots Costa Rica San Jose Endangered Species 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

That’s where most of Costa Rica’s population resides and because of that, it’s also why we headed out around dawn, happily leaving the long line of vehicles on their way to San Jose in the rear view mirror. of Ornithology being in our vehicle, eBird lists were a constant.

Costa Rica 168

Costa Rica San Jose Lamb Farming 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2017

Although a lot of beautiful rainforest was replaced by bananas, cattle pasture, and other ag-lands many years ago, at least we can still enjoy great birding at a number of sites, most of which are easily accessible including Sarapiqui, the most visited site in the lowlands north of San Jose.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica San Jose Tigers Bats 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2014

It’s almost a bucolic place; sea turtles nest on the beaches, Humpback Whales and bat rays frolic just offshore, and you can buy the freshest fish from the panga fisherman at Punta Lobos every afternoon. For years I heard the estero at San Jose del Cabo was the place to go to see Belding’s Yellowthroat, another Baja endemic.

California 252

California San Jose Whales Whaling 252

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2020

Rio san jose. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Falcon State Park (LTC 084). 08 Feb 2020. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Fiesta de Mariscos. 13 Feb 2020. Fasciated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma fasciatum. 07 Feb 2020. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma mexicanum. Tirimbina Rainforest Center.

2020 181

2020 Sanctuary Australia Sparrows 181