Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias

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Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias

 NF Photo 110204 Tarcoles River , Jungle Crocodile safari

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Yellow-headed Caracara - Milvago chimachima - Gavião-carrapateiro

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Yellow-headed Caracara - Milvago chimachima

 NF Photo 110204
Tarcoles River , Jungle Crocodile safari

About Yellow-headed Caracara on wiki
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Den här rovfågeln från Costa Rica ser ju mest ut som en gam på min bild, men den hör till falkarna.
This bird of prey looks a lot like a vulture on my shots, but it belongs to the falcons.

World Bird Wednesday LXIII          NF Winged 30

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Mangrove Swallow - Tachycineta albilinea

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Mangrove Swallow - Tachycineta albilinea

 NF Photo 110204 La Ensenada,
Tarcoles River , Jungle Crocodile safari , or birdwatching :)

This was on a boat trip and the swallows followed us around the tour. After a while I discovered that they nested in the back of the boats roof. :)

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On Neotropical Birds.   I found no video :(

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Hoffman's Woodpecker - Melanerpes hoffmannii

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 NF Photo 110204 La Ensenada, Salines

Woodpeckers also enjoys great flowers. This is probably a female. I found it in Costa Rica on my visit last year.

Camera Critters 198   Todays Flowers

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Mangrove Hummingbird - Amazilia boucardi

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 NF Photo 110204 La Ensenada, Salines,

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Green-breasted Mango - Anthracothorax prevostii

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Green-breasted Mango - Anthracothorax prevostii

 NF Photo 110204 La Ensenada, Salines,

Det var inte lätt att fånga den. De är så snabba de där kolibirerna. Jag har förmodligen bättre bilder längre fram i resan. Till dess njut av videon jag hittade.
It was not easy to catch. Tehy are so fast those hummers. I probably have better shots later on in the trip. Until then enjoy the video I found.

Data om Kolibrir på wiki
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The video is not mine of course


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Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus

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Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus

 NF Photo 110204 La Ensenada, Salines

This is a female. In the first shot there is a readbreasted bird flying. At first I thought it was a male. But they don´t seem to have that much red on the belly. They have a white underpart. So...who is it??

Thanks to Eileen, the flyer seems to be an Oriole.

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A male singing in a youtube video


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Mangrove black hawk - Common Black-Hawk

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Common Black-Hawk  - Buteogallus anthracinus

Mangrove black hawk - Buteogallus subtilis

 NF Photo 110203 La Ensenada

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Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca - perna-amarela-grande

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Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca - perna-amarela-grande

 NF Photo 110203 La Ensenada salines

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There were lots of vaders in that area but they were too far out to get an ID. At least one of them were close enough. :)

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White Ibis - Eudocimus albus

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White Ibis, juveniles - Eudocimus albus

 NF Photo 110203 La Ensenada countryside

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Yellow-olive Flycatcher - Tolmomyias sulphurescens - bico-chato-de-orelha-preta

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Yellow-olive Flycatcher - Tolmomyias sulphurescens - bico-chato-de-orelha-preta
also called Yellow-olive Flatbill

 NF Photo 110203 La Ensenada

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There isn´t much info about it. :(

I was not 100% sure about this one. But as we have it in the list of seen birds it has to be it.

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White-tailed Hawk - Buteo albicaudatus - gavião-de-rabo-branco

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White-tailed Hawk - Buteo albicaudatus - gavião-de-rabo-branco

 NF Photo 110203 La Ensenada

Sailing like a jewel in the sky. :)

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Orange-fronted Parakeet - Aratinga canicularis

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Orange-fronted Parakeet - Aratinga canicularis

 NF Photo 110203 La Ensenada

Sadly enough I only got it from the back. :(

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Royal Tern - Sterna maxima - garajau-real

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Royal Tern - Sterna maxima - garajau-real

Royal Tern and Brown Pelican. I wonder if they are family? Looks like a mother with lots of hungry children. :)

 NF Photo 110203 La Ensenada

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mating dance on youtube video. :)


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Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis - pelicano-pardo

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Brown Pelican, ad - Pelecanus occidentalis

 seems to be a juvenile

Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis - pelicano-pardo

 NF Photo 110203 La Ensenada

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Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla - Gaivota-alegre

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Young Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla - Gaivota-alegre
Accompanied with Brown Pelican and Royal Tern

 NF Photo 110203 La Ensenada

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