In the afternoon of 22 March 2014, we were still in wetlands of Guanacaste province in Costa Rica. Among the birds there, this Amazon kingfisher.
A spotted sandpiper flies past.
After the two smaller kingfisher species, Costa Rica’s biggest species on a branch: a ringed kingfisher.
A lesser nighthawk sleeping on another branch.
A yellow-naped parrot in a tree.
A solitary sandpiper in a pool.
It tries to look like a pole, like bitterns sometimes do.
A great egret.
A Harris’s hawk in a tree.
Black-bellied whistling ducks; see also here.
A limpkin.
More about Costa Rica, on 23 March 2014, will be on this blog soon.
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The boat billed heron is fascinating – it looks like a black crowned night heron with a mutant bill. Your egret is gorgeous, too.
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Thanks for your kind words! Boat-billed herons are nocturnal birds. We were lucky to see one in the afternoon.
See also
http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/birds/Ciconiiformes/Ardeidae/Cochlearius-cochlearius
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You’re welcome! I love your posts with such fascinating first-hand content/photos. And thanks for the link – fascinating.
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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🙂 They really are wonderful.
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