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Thursday, April 17, 2025

Costa Rica Day 2 - San Jose to Sarapiqui

 had a fun start to the day at Hotel Bougainvillea, then drove north 65 miles to Sarapiqui with a stop at Soda Cinchona (“soda” means “cafe”) for a tamale snack and to watch birds at their feeders.

Our trip total is up to 65 species, 30 of those were added today, and 10 of those are new to my life list.  High today was a sunny 88° ☀️.


Violet Sabrewing - lifer!

Red-headed Barbet - this is the female, the male is the one with the red head - lifer!

Blue-gray Tanager

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Green Hermit

Silver-throated Tanager

Green-crowned Brilliant - lifer!

Green Thorntail - this little guy is tiny (4”, a whole inch smaller than the Green-crowned Brilliant and 2” smaller than the Violet Sabrewing) - lifer!

Gray-headed Chachalacas

White-collared Manakin - lifer!


Fork-tailed Tyrrant - this is half of a pair that had a nest in a wooden telephone pole and we got to h
Watch them feed their babies 🥰 - lifer!

Sometimes the perfect picture opportunity hits and you have your camera settings wrong 😥

Basilisk Lizard

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