Hummingbirds of Costa Rica
Something about hummingbirds feels delicate, precious and even otherworldly…that’s why I’ve pulled together my favorite photos from our recent trip.
Category Archive: Central America
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Costa Rica: A final stop at Rancho Naturalista
From the moment we booked our trip to Costa Rica I wanted to make sure that I had the opportunity to see the Snowcap. I first learned of this little hummingbird during a live virtual birding event at the beginning of the Covid pandemic.
Costa Rica: Cloud Forest Birding at Savegre
I understood in that moment why artists depicted angels with wings, and why the ancient Mayas and Aztec worshipped this bird . There was something divine about it.
Costa Rica: Birding Puerto Jiménez
I marveled at the crimson head of the Pale-billed Woodpecker that hammered away on a tree. And the Black-mandibled Toucan was closer than I’d ever seen.
Costa Rica: From Guanacaste to Dominical
Having family with a house in Costa Rica is amazing. Each morning I awoke to the distant call of toucans.
Costa Rica: Birding Rio Celeste
Howler monkeys in the distance screamed and bellowed in response. They weren’t happy to hear the truck either.
Costa Rica: Loads of Birds at Arenal Observatory Lodge
That’s when a flurry of Montezuma Oropendulas, Brown Jays, Pale-billed Aracari, Crested Guans and Great Currasows appeared and clamored to get to the fruit.
Birding Costa Rica: Arenal and Hanging Bridges
Everyone came rushing toward me as I pointed into the forest with my right hand. Honestly, I don’t know how they missed its bright yellow breast gleaming in the open as it perched on the branch.
Canopy Tower birding
The birding portion of our trip to Panama was coming to a close and we finished our final day by visiting Canopy Tower—a former radar tower built by the US in 1965 to defend… Continue reading
A bad day birding is better than a day at the office
In the thick of the tropical forest of Pipeline Road is the Panama Rainforest Discovery Center. It is here where you will pay your entry fee to use the tower, but it’s… Continue reading