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This is a birder's paradise!
This is a birder's paradise!
For those interested in birds, the following is a list of species seen in, or from the garden. This is a birder's paradise!
Over one month, February, we have seen:
magnificent frigatebird, black vulture, turkey vulture, crested caracara, yellow-headed caracara, white-tipped dove, inca dove, orange-fronted parakeet, orange-chinned parakeet, white-fronted parrot, red-lored parrot, yellow-naped parrot, groove-billed ani, common paurague, stripe-throated berruit, cinnamon hummingbird, green-breasted mango, sufous-tailed hummingbird, ruby-throated hummingbird, collared aracari, hoffmann's woodpecker, lineated woodpecker, barred antstrike, scissor-tailed flycatcher, panama flycatcher, great kiskadee, social flycatcher, tropical kingbird, masked tityra, white-throated magpie-jay, mangroe swallow, barn swallow, sufous-naped wren, house wren, tennessee warbler, yellow warbler, prothonotary warbler, blue-grey tanager, white-collared seedeater, blue-blo grassguit, olive sparrow, painted banting, melodious blackbird, great-tailed grackle, baltimore (northern) oriole, pale-billed woodpecker
I can recommend a guide, "The Birds of Costa Rica", by Garrigues of Dean & for those interested in pursuing the birds of this wonderful country.
Some range maps need updating, ut is is an excellent field guide.
Pura vida!
David Dunham
Biologist, University of Toronto, Canada
Mammals enjoyed by Maree in the garden:
agouti, peccary, varigated squirrel, howler monkeys
p.s. the birds were a joy, especially the toucans/parrots
Helpful votes: 4/5
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