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boat-billed heron

  1. Boat-billed Heron

    Boat-billed Heron

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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  2. Boat-billed Heron

    Boat-billed Heron

    Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius panamensis)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • boat-billed heron cochiearius cochliearius panamensis costa rica la ensenada lodge puntarenas province
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  3. Boat-billed Heron

    Boat-billed Heron

    We encountered about 8 of these close together.
    • peterday
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  4. Boat-billed Heron

    Boat-billed Heron

    Taken from our boat while floating around a gorgeous wetland lagoon.
    • peterday
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  5. Boat-billed Heron

    Boat-billed Heron

    Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius subsp. panamensis) Zamora Estates, San Jose Province, Costa Rica. Small swamp in an urban setting at 901 m (2,956 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  6. Boat-billed heron

    Boat-billed heron

    Boat-billed heron
    • nick scarle
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  7. Boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

    Boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

    on the Pixiam River
    • Dave Clark
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  8. Boat-billed Heron (juvenile)

    Boat-billed Heron (juvenile)

    Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius panamensis) There are five recognized subspecies of this nocturnal heron. Only subspecies panamensis is wide spread in Costa Rica with subspecies ridgewayi being mapped for northwest Costa Rica. Records of intermediates exists in the northwest between...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • boat-billed heron cochlearius cochlearius panamensis costa rica guanacaste province palo verde national park rio tempisque
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  9. Boat-billed Heron C-RICA SER

    Boat-billed Heron C-RICA SER

    Taken from a boat at edge of thick growth of red mangroves. We couldn't back off to fit the full bird in the frame, and still see the bird through the thick growth. Taken 26Jan2010 at edge of mangrove island at mouth of Rio Esquina where it empties into Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas Province, Costa...
    • rdavis
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  10. Boatbilled heron

    Boatbilled heron

    Sunrise in the mangrove swamp
    • LazDivaz
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  11. Fabulous Tortuguero -50 Trillion mosquitoes can't be wrong!

    Fabulous Tortuguero -50 Trillion mosquitoes can't be wrong!

    A headshot of a Boat-billed Heron at its daytime roost in dense waterside vegetation. Tortuguero is a great place for birding but the Mozzies can be a big problem. Take a close look at the base of this bird's bill -there are a couple mosquitoes feeding through the bare skin. Boat-billed...
    • Steve G
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  12. Boat-billed Heron

    Boat-billed Heron

    This shot was taken from a Boat on the flood swollen River Tarcol I had my 600mm lens tripod mounted at the bow of the Boat the skill of the Boatman in holding the Boat steady in the conditions was amazing there were full sized Trees and giant Logs coming down River in the flood he just took it...
    • jtwood
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  13. Boat-billed Heron

    Boat-billed Heron

    A Black-crowned Night-Heron lookalike with a massive boat-shaped bill & similar nocturnal habit. It is the only heron species that catches its prey by scooping rather than spearing! This bird is a subadult.
    • Steve G
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  14. Boat-billed Heron

    Boat-billed Heron

    Just the one, at dusk.
    • rb_stern
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  15. "Smiling" Boat-billed Heron

    "Smiling" Boat-billed Heron

    I've always found this one to be a very photogenic bird, it seems to be smiling to the photographer in most of the shots I've seen. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to digiscope this one in Carara N. P. last summer through our guides scope... and there it is again, the big smile...
    • madamcoolpix
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  16. Boat-billed Heron

    Boat-billed Heron

    • Larry Lade
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  17. Boat-billed heron

    Boat-billed heron

    Another test ...
    • Momo
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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