This web page contains a photographic record of a trip to Costa Rica in November 2011. The images are roughly in chronolgical order of our journey from the Capital, San Jose, to the wetlands of Tortuguero on the Caribbean coast then via the rain and cloud forests surrounding Sarapiqui and Monteverde to Manuel Antonio on the Pacific Coast. A total of one hundred and forty new bird species were recorded during this 15 night adventure.

IN ORDER TO VIEW ALL THE IMAGES PLEASE CLICK ON ''OLDER POSTS'' AT THE END OF THE FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT PAGES



Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Clay-coloured Robin

Clay-coloured Robin
Strangely this nondescript species is the National Bird of Costa Rica, especially in view of the many  charismatic and colourful species that exist, such as the Trogons, Motmots, Parrots  and Toucans.
Apparently from March to June, it tirelessly whistles melodic phrases and it is this which is responsible for its status as the National Bird!!!!!---very odd
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