golfo dulce

Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) I saw movement and expected a Panama Flycatcher and when I got a more or less clear view I saw it was a Great Crested Flycatcher. Sexes similar. Mangroves, Playa Sandalo along Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.

Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) Sexes similar. Along the banks of Ro Rincn close to the mouth at Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Surrounding area is Pacific secondary rain forest at ca. 20 m (66 ft) elevation.

Gray-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis subsp. cayanensis) Soaring over Ro Rincn near where it meets Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Surrounding area is Pacific secondary rain forest at ca. 10 m (33 ft) elevation. 015

Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus subsp. lineatus) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Inland side of the mangroves, Osa Peninsula, Playa Sandalo along Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.

Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus subsp. lineatus) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Inland side of the mangroves, Osa Peninsula, Playa Sandalo along Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.

Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris) Photographed along the shore of Golfo Dulce just inland from the Mangroves, Playa Sandalo, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) Juvenile. Juveniles, males and females are all phenotypically different. Photographed over Golfo Dulce at the Mangroves, Playa Sandalo, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia subsp. xanthotera) Male, species sexually dimorphic. This subspecies belongs to the Mangrove Warbler group. Mangrove swamp with mixed species of Mangrove along Golfo Dulce near Rincn, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.

King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) Ro Rincon near Rincn, Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Pacific secondary rain forest.

Spotted-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia imitans), female , Casa Orquideas, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica

Taken from a boat on 26Jan2010 along Rio Esquina before it empties into Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.

Taken from a boat on 26Jan2010 along Rio Esquina before it empties into Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Bird was in lower branch of a tree by river edge.

Taken from boat on 26Jan2010 at mouth of Rio Esquina where it empties into Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.

Taken from boat on 26Jan2010 at mouth of Rio Esquina where it empties into Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Smaller, out-of-focus birds with yellow bill-tips in background are Sandwich Terns.

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...