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COSTA RICA: the Introtour February 2019 Tropical Birding Trip Report COSTA RICA: The Introtour February 2019 A TROPICAL BIRDING set departure tour Costa Rica: The Introtour 11th - 21st February 2019 Tours Tour leader: Jose Illanes (all photos in report taken by Jose on this tour) Chestnut-colored Woodpecker was again very popular with this group on this tour (La Selva) INTRODUCTION: We had a great time of it on this tour of some of the best known birding sites in Costa Rica. While touring this special area, we racked up more than 400 species of birds, and over 380 of these were seen by the group. The clear winner of the bird of the tour competition was (perhaps unsurprisingly), the amazing Resplendent Quetzal, which we saw on multiple occasions after a shaky start looking for it. 1 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Tropical Birding Trip Report COSTA RICA: The Introtour February 2019 There were so many other highlights that a simple, short list will not suffice, and so here were the other worthy mentions that trailed behind the quetzal in the stakes of best bird of the tour: American Pygmy-Kingfisher, Violet Sabrewing, Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl, White-whiskered Puffbird, Pearl Kite, Roseate Spoonbill, Chestnut-colored Woodpecker, Silvery- throated Jay, Long-tailed Manakin, Northern Emerald-Toucanet, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, and Turquoise-browed Motmot. During this classic tour of the country, we had dipped into some magnificent birding areas, such as the Central Valley close to San Jose, Braulio Carrillo National Park in the foothills of the Caribbean slope, La Selva Biological Station in the lowlands on that side of the mountains, the Oak-dominated cloudforests of the Savegre Valley, and the stunted vegetation of Cerro de la Muerte, yet higher still. We also visited the foothills and lowlands on the Pacific side of the mountains too, and ended with a visit to the famous cloudforests of Monteverde. That led us to observe not only the above highlighted species, but others like Turquoise and Snowy Cotingas, a series of gorgeous trogons and hummingbirds (e.g. Talamanca and Fiery-throated Hummingbirds (below), Coppery-headed Emerald, Black-crested Coquette, and Purple-throated Mountain-Gem), Keel-billed and Yellow-throated Toucans, Great Green and Scarlet Macaws, Great Curassow, Long- tailed and Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatchers, Flame-throated Warbler, Collared Redstart, and Orange-collared Manakin, among a long list of super looking tropical birds! This tour was also exceptional for nocturnal birds, with Ferruginous and Costa Rican Pygmy-Owls, Black-and-white and Spectacled Owls, and Middle American and Pacific Screech- Owls, Lesser Nighthawk and Great Potoo all being seen in broad daylight! This tour is a longtime favorite of both Tropical Birding guides and clients alike, and it is easy to see why! It is both fun to guide, with plentiful exciting birds seen daily, and fun to be a tour participant, some experiencing the amazing riches of the tropics for the first time. 2 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Tropical Birding Trip Report COSTA RICA: The Introtour February 2019 TOUR SUMMARY: Alajuela to Braulio Carrillo; Cope and La Selva (12th February) The day started out right in the grounds of our hotel, near the San Jose airport. With most people on the tour having not traveled outside the states for birding, or being first timers to Costa Rica, even on this small property we had plenty to keep us busy before breakfast was even served. Some of the highlights included Spot-breasted Oriole, Cinnamon Hummingbird, an excellent viewing of a Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Hoffman’s Woodpecker, Red-bellied Pigeon, and passing Crimson- fronted Parakeets in flight. We also racked up many very common, and soon to become familiar species, like the Costa Rican national bird, Clay-colored Thrush, and Rufous-naped Wren, Boat-billed Flycatcher and Great Kiskadee. After breakfast, we drove 2 hours out of the Central Valley, where the hotel had been located, and down on to the Caribbean slope of the mountains. This took around two hours, and we soon started seeing birds right around the parking lot as we rolled into Braulio Carrillo National Park, like Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer, Green-crowned Brilliant, and Broad-winged Hawk soaring above. We also took a mile-long trail there, hoping for interior forest birds and in particular mixed flocks, which held birds like Checker-throated Anwtren, Green Honeycreeper, Lesser Greenlet, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Tawny-capped Euphonia, Tawny-crested Tanager, and others. Nightingale-Wren was also seen, a normally extremely shy species that is difficult to get on this tour by sound let alone sight! 3 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Tropical Birding Trip Report COSTA RICA: The Introtour February 2019 The nearby El Tapir Hummingbird Garden was visited too, which helped us in finding Purple-crowned Fairy, Crowned (Violet- crowned) Woodnymph, Green Thorntail, and the star find, a Black-crested Coquette which regularly chose to perch on a conscious dead branch. Unfotunately, the hoped-for Snowcap never did make an appearance, which is regular though highly erratic in this small reserve. We did observe some Mantled Howlers and Central American (Geoffroy’s) Spider-Monkeys were also seen during our time spent with these hummingbirds. After lunch not far away, we moved on to our third site of the day, a private reserve (“Cope’s Place”) near La Union, run by an excellent local person named Cope. This property has some great feeders, and often has roosting nightbirds too, so was a natural inclusion on this itinerary. At the feeders, we took in birds like Montezuma and Chestnut- headed Oropendolas (next page), Russet- naped Wood-Rail (page before), Green Honeycreeper, Passerini’s (Scarlet- rumped) Tanager, a wintering Wood Thrush, and Black-cheeked Woodpecker. Stripe-throated and Long-billed Hermits, White-necked Jacobin, and Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer were all present too, but the star hummingbird appearance was of a White-tipped Sicklebill that arrived suddenly at a heliconia bloom and remained for some time. We also noted a Yellow-throated (Chestnut-mandibled) Toucan in the surrounding trees. Moving away from the feeders, we took a wider berth around the property with Cope, which led us to White-crowned Parrot, Pale-billed Woodpecker, Slaty-tailed Trogon, Ringed Kingfisher, and Brown Jay. However, the star finds while visiting there were two roosting nightbirds, Spectacled Owl and Great Potoo, and a cluster of Honduran White Bats that Cope carefully revealed us to. Lastly, we moved on to La Selva, checked into our air conditioned cabins, and took dinner after a busy, bird-filled first day in Costa Rica, the so-called “Bird Country”. We stayed in the La Selva Biological Station, which while not as flashy as some properties outside the station grounds, is right in this amazing birding area, with birds just a few steps from the doors of our well-situated cabins. 4 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Tropical Birding Trip Report COSTA RICA: The Introtour February 2019 La Selva (13th February) From our cabins at the biological station (designed for the tourists, and not the researchers), we walked through beautiful tropical forest in the Caribbean lowlands. However, it yielded little before we took our breakfast by the clearing surrounded by superb forest. Straight after breakfast, and connecting with our local guide Joel, the clearing at La Selva was as busy as legend has it to be; we quickly notched up Keel-billed Toucan, Crimson-collared, Golden-hooded and Plain-colored Tanagers, as well as Chestnut-colored Woodpecker and Rufous-tailed Jacamar (next page). The rambunctious Black- headed Saltator was also nice to see there, a species that can often be hard to come by on this itinerary. The clearing can sap the morning out of the birding-in a good way-by making it difficult to search further afield with so much going on right there. And so it proved, with Collared Aracari, Long-tailed Tyrant, Mealy and Red-lored Parrots, Olive-throated and Orange-chinned Parakeets, Gartered and Slaty-tailed Trogons, Black-faced Grosbeak, Black-cowled Oriole, and Olive-backed and Yellow-crowned Euphonias. A Band-tailed Barbthroat also snuck in and fed on a cluster of heliconia flowers. 5 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Tropical Birding Trip Report COSTA RICA: The Introtour February 2019 The remainder of the morning was spent birding the easy paved trail between the main clearing and our cabins, which goes through excellent, mature, secondary forest. This led us to a long list of birds for the morning, like Bay and Black-throated Wrens, a perched Double-toothed Kite, and a dust-bathing Crested Guan (next page). Joel also led us to a sleeping Middle American Screech-Owl (formerly Vermiculated), a nice stake out if ever there was one! Blue-chested Hummingbird perched up and singing away was something you do not see there every day either, although White-crowned Parrot perched in the treetops were more expected of this extra-special place. Standout sighting of the morning was a snow-white mal Snowy Cotinga sitting in a naked tree, which thrilled us all to see this erratic species. We were also very pleased to get good looks at the treetops dwelling Green Shrike-Vireo, a bird that calls incessantly, but can be very hard to set your eyes on as it moves high in the trees. In all the action going on, I almost forgot to mention that three- toed sloth was also seen in the morning too, at arguably the best place for sloth-viewing on the tour, Lunch came around all too soon, so we took that and then rested for a bit in the sweltering hot middle of the day, before heading back out in the afternoon.
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