Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea

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 NF Photo 110202 at Salines in Colorado

 NF Photo 110203 at Salines in Colorado
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea

This was a place we actually was able to visit twice. Gave me a better shot at this heron. :)

About  Yellow-crowned Night-Heron on wiki
catching fish on youtube

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Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla

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Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla

 NF Photo 110202 at Colorado Salines

About Semipalmated Sandpiper on wiki
youtube about their voices   preening

Well, I´m not 100% sure about this bird as I am not so used to vaders. Mick, you know a lot about them. Tell me if I am wrong. Not easy to see as I was not able to get close to them.

Bird Photography Weekly 170

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Yellow-billed Cacique - Amblycercus holosericeus

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 NF Photo 110202 at Salines

Honestly I am not 100% sure about this bird. But I think it is that one.
About Yellow-billed Cacique on Avianweb
Video on The Internet Bird Collection
 

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Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors

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Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors
 NF Photo 110202 at Salines close to Colorado

About Blue-winged Teal on wiki
on All About Birds
youtube 

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Green Heron - Butorides virescens

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Green Heron - Butorides virescens  

 NF Photo 110202 at Solimar

This bird is probably a juvenile. For adults hit Green Heron among the etikettes below

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Limpkin - Aramus guarauna

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Limpkin - Aramus guarauna

 NF Photo 110202 at Solimar, Shots from the bus.

This is a special bird as it it the only one in its species.
(It is the only extant species in the genus Aramus and the family Aramidae)

And...I love the color of it´s back. :)

About Limpkin on wiki
calling on youtube

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Stilt Sandpiper and Marbled godwit

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Stilt Sandpiper - Micropalama himantopus

Marbled godwit - Limosa fedoa

 NF Photo 110202 at Saltines, Colorado

About Stilt Sandpiper at wiki   on youtube

About Marbled godwit at wiki, on youtube

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Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias

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Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 

 NF Photo 110202 at Solimar

About Great Blue Heron  at wiki
at youtube

To bad the head is exactly where the tree root is. It hides the yellow beak a bit.

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Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus

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Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus 

 NF Photo 110202 at Solimar

NF Photo 110202 at the Salines in Colorado close to the Pacific Ocean

About Black-necked Stilt on wiki

They look a little different from the european ones. I have some shots on the Birdblog if you want to compare them.  Black-winged stilt

 youtube


NF Winged
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Jabiru - Jabiru mycteria

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 Jabiru - Jabiru mycteria

Jabiru, Great Egrets, a woodstork and cows

 NF Photo 110202 at Solimar

The Jaribu is a large stork. Acc to the book it is132 cm in hight. The Great Egret comes to 99 cm in height. That is why the white egrets are the Great ones and not Cattle egrets as I thought at first.

About Jabiro at wiki
youtube

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Wood stork - Mycteria americana

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Wood stork - Mycteria americana 

 NF Photo 110202 at Solimar

Labels: Costa Rica, NatureFootstep, resor, travel, fågelskådning, birding, pacific, BPW, WBW, photography, fåglar, birds, bird, birdblog, fågelblogg, sweden,  Wood stork, Mycteria americana, solimar

Double-striped Thick-knee - Burhinus bistriatus

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Double-striped Thick-knee - Burhinus bistriatus 

 NF Photo 110202 at Solimar

There were two of the thick-knees walking among the cows. This is in the dry area of CR close to the Pacific ocean. I added the last shot because I thought it was a bit fun and showed a little of the situation.
About Double-striped Thick-knee at wiki
on youtube

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Buff-throated Saltator - Saltator maximus

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 Buff-throated Saltator - Saltator maximus

 NF Photo 110130  at  Gavilan Lodge

About Buff-throated Saltator on wiki
on youtube

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Killdeer Plover - Charadrius vociferus

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Killdeer Plover - Charadrius vociferus

 NF Photo 110202 at Solimar

I managed to get one shot of the one Killdeer I was able to see. Better then nothing, right?  :)
About Killdeer on wiki

Bird Photography Weekly #167

Take a look at the video, the bird displays a really beautiful tail.

Labels: Costa Rica, NatureFootstep, resor, travel, fågelskådning, birding, pacific, BPW, WBW, photography, fåglar, birds, bird, birdblog, fågelblogg, sweden,  Killdeer Plover, Charadrius vociferus, plover, Solimar,

Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica

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Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica

 NF Photo 110202 at Solimar

These birds should be Barn Swallows. But I think they differ a little from the Swedish ones. They seem to be different age as well. Maybe somebody can clarify it to me? I also wonder about the dots on the upper part of the tail. Bad shots, I know, but it was taken from quite a distance.

About Barn Swallow on Animal Diversity
nest on youtube

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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis

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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis 

 NF Photo 110202 at Solimar

About Black-bellied Whistling-Duck on wiki

Taking to the skies. And no, it was not because of me.  A bunch of ducks I spotted in Costa Rica when I was there. Take a look at the video I found on youtube. So many chicks mum can hardly walk.
Ett gäng änder jag såg i Costa Rica när jag var där. Nej, det var inte jag som skrämde upp dom. Videon hittade jag på youtube, kolla alla småttingarna :)

NF Winged #19
Sky Watch Friday
Himmelsk #57

on youtube

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Spectacled Owl - Pulsatrix perspicillata

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Spectacled Owl - Pulsatrix perspicillata 

NF Photo 110202 at Solimar

About Spectacled Owl on wiki
on youtube



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