Thicket Antpitta, Arenal, Costa Rica
November 2025.
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Hummingbird on nest. Fairly sure it's Scaly Breasted based on what's on view
Day 18 End of the trip as I fly home tomorrow, I managed to add a few more to the list from the hotel gardens (Mottled Owl and Chestnut capped warbler) Absolutely spectacular country ❤️
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Yellow Crowned Euphonia
Day 17 a slow drive down to San Jose and not just due to traffic jams. Stopped off along the route and a surprisingly productive day bird wise. White necked Jacobin, Chestnut coloured woodpecker and Golden winged Warbler the highlights
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Red-capped Manakin
Day 16, La Selva. Heading back to San Jose tomorrow. Good final day here with a glimpse of a Great Tinamou and Red-capped Manakin two good birds seen from the trails.
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White-whiskered puff bird
Day 15 La Selva.
King Vulture and Snowy Cotinga the highlights also found some Army ants with Bi coloured Ant birds in tow, also a Fer-de-Lance which was cool and reminded me of Elite on the 128k (top game)
& Silky Anteater.
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Collared Aracari
Day 14 Arrived at La Selva lodge today for the last leg of my trip before heading back to San Jose.
Looking forward to a couple of days here.
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Yellow Faced Grassquit.
Day 13 and more hiking along the trails at Arenal Lodge, did all main ones in the day and again some good birds seen..Laughing Falcon was cool as was an American Kestrel and White Hawk
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Arenal Volcano from Silencio trail
Rufous tailed Jackamar
Scale created pygmy tyrant
White collared Manakin
Day 12 and hiking around Arenal ..the Silencio trail was really good with superb views and really good birds along the way.
Tropical Parula and White Collared Manakin were cool and Fawn Throated forage gleaner! What a sound!.
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Arenal Volcano
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Black and white Owl
Day 11 and quite a long drive up to the Arenal area..
Still managed to see some new birds though as stopped off on the way..
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Gartered Trogon
Scissor-tailed flycatcher
Howler Monkey
White-necked puff bird
Day 10 in Costa Rica and more great birds..so hot now that unable to do anything really between 11 am and 3pm. So up early most mornings.
Had a howling competition with a Howler Monkey today. Not sure who won 👀
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Mangrove Cuckoo
Laughing Gull
Male Magnificent Frigatebird
Lesser Nighthawk
Day 9 Different scenery again today, mangrove along the coasts, just inland and it's all dry forest and scrubland..best bird of the day, Scissor-tailed flycatcher, but sadly not quick enough to get a photo.. Cracking bird though.
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Double striped thick knee
Green Heron
Least Sandpiper ( I think )
Black necked stilt
Day 8 spent by driving North up the Pacific coast. Keeps getting hotter (35 degrees today) but still good fun mooching about in the car and hiking/birding.
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Pygmy Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Turquoise-browed motmot
Marbled wood quail Bird
Day 7 another superb day. Carara national park and the mangroves.
5 Trogons but could not get a decent photo really. Always seemed to face away 🤣
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Pacific screech owl
Spectacled Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Day 6 - seemingly was all about Owls!! Long day driving..though I enjoy driving the hire car. Traffic jams are long here though !
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Green Kingfisher
Common Potoo enjoying the sun
Blue Throated golden tail
Raccoon peering from a palm tree
Day 5 and some great birds alongside all the mammals seen.
Sat for ages waiting for the Kingfisher to show.
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Mother and baby 3 toed sloth
Mother and baby 3 toed sloth
3 toed sloth
3 toed sloth
All about mammals today with 2 and 3 Toed Sloth, Coatis, Peccaries, Howler Monkey, White-Faced Cappuchins.Agoutis and Raccoon
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Orange-collared Manakin
Yellow throated Toucan
Orange-collared Manakin
Coatis
Day 4, Drove down to the coast today..so much hotter here. Another cracking morning with male Orange-collared Manakin bouncing around like a lunatic in the undergrowth the highlight (amazing sight and sound)
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Resplendent Quetzel
Elegant Trogon
Costa Rican pygmy owl
Resplendent Quetzel
Day 3 and up early for Resplendent Quetzel (one of 6 seen today, 2 m 2 juv m and 1 f) plus bonus of Costa Rica pygmy owl and Elegant Trogon. #costarica #costaricabirding #birds #birding 🪶
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Costa Rica
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A bird in its' environment - a Southern House Wren at Arenal Observatory Lodge & Trails with Raul Obregon Birdman CR
November 2025.
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Hoffmann's Woodpecker, on the Bogarin Trail with Raul Obregon Birdman CR. November 2025.
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A close encounter with a curious Olivaceous Piculet on the Bogarin Trail, Costa Rica. A tiny woodpecker!
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Great Curassow, Cost Rica
November 2025
Real characters - bold as brass!
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