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| Bare-throated Tiger Heron |
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| Boat-billed Heron |
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| Streak-backed Oriole |
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| Stripe-headed Sparrow |
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| White-Throated Magpie-Jay |
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| Ringed Kingfisher |
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| Cinnamon Hummingbird |
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The following images were taken during my week long stay at a family resort in Costa Rica's Guanacaste region. Although I only took one birding excursion (2 hour boat ride at Palo Verde), I was able to take many pictures of birds (most of them at the beach and trees adjacent to the resort). Here is a list of the different species I was able to photograph:
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| PELECANIDAE | |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
| FREGATIDAE | |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens |
| ARDEIDAE | |
| Bare-throated Tiger- Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum |
| Black-crowned Night- Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa Violácea |
| Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| Great Egret | Ardea albus |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| PANDIONIDAE | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | |
| Gray Hawk | Asturina nitidus |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| COLUMBIDAE | |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| Common Ground-Dove | Columbina passerina |
| Inca Dove | Columbina inca |
| PSITTACIDAE | |
| Orange-fronted Parakeet | Aratinga canicularis |
| Yellow-naped Parrot | Amazona auropalliata |
| CUCULIDAE | |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana |
| TROCHILIDAE | |
| Steely-vented Hummingbird | Amazilia saucerrottei |
| Cinnamon Hummingbird | Amazilia rutila |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris |
| TROGONIDAE | |
| Black-headed Trogon | Trogon melanocephalus |
| ALCEDINIDAE | |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Ceryle torquata |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana |
| PICIDAE | |
| Hoffmann's Woodpecker | Melanerpes hoffmannii |
| TYRANNIDAE | |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarhynchus pitangua |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus |
| HIRUNDINIDAE | |
| Mangrove Swallow | Tachycineta albilinea |
| CORVIDAE | |
| White-throated Magpie- Jay | Calocitta formosa |
| TROGLODYTIDAE | |
| Rufous-naped Wren | Campylorhynchus rufinucha |
| Banded Wren | Thryothorus pleurostictus |
| SYLVIIDAE | |
| White-lored Gnatcatcher | Polioptila albiloris |
| Tropical Gnatcatcher | Polioptila plumbea |
| PARULIDAE | |
| Tennessee Warbler | Vermivora peregrina |
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia |
| ICTERIDAE | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus |
| Streak-backed Oriole | Icterus pustulatus |
| THRAUPIDAE | |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra |
| Yellow-olive Flycatcher | Chlorospingus ophthalmicus |
| EMBERIZIDAE | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Cyanocompsa cyanoides |
| Stripe-headed Sparrow | Aimophila ruficauda |