Birding in Costa Rica

Well, we've been in Costa Rica for three days, two of which were spent doing some fantastic birding!  Our guide for the two days is a very knowledgeable birder, who knows the birds, their calls and their habitat - he took us on a tour-de-force for the two days - we saw a lot of birds, but also learned a lot as well.  If you want to follow up on this idea of getting a guided birding tour in Costa Rica, have a look at this blog:  http://birdingcraft.com/wordpress/

I've just downloaded about 700 photos from the last 2 days and need to sort through them all, before posting much here.  However, I do have 2 photos that I took at the Costa Rica Nature Pavilion today (www.costaricanp.com).

Here are two photos that I took today, one of a Tiger Heron (first) and then of a Sun Bitter (second)...