Costa Rica Family Trip 2019
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from one of the many rice fields around Palo Verde National Park in Costa Rica. Huge thanks to Greg Lavaty for the advice and recommendation to get there and equal thanks to my new friend, José Carlos Castillo Rojas, who I met at the park, and who also advised me to hit the rice fields up once again! My family and I ended up coming across three individual Jabirus on our way out of the park during sunset, and just after a beautiful rainbow opened our eyes to the beauty of this beautifully created world. Btw., this stork is huge, it dwarfs the Wood Stork in size! 🙌✝️
1 of 2 individuals standing together, a few yards apart.
1 of 2 individuals standing together a few yards apart.
Boat-billed Heron from La Fortuna, Costa Rica.
Felt pretty fortunate to come across some lifer "boatbills" roosting during the day at one of the many small ponds I scoped out in C.R. for birds. This species is very interesting to me due to its beak, which is IMO funky for a heron, and, this species is nocturnal. It was tough getting a clear shot even though there were several roosting. They apparently like to roost in thick areas of large trees, about 50% up, or at least that was the case with my brief encounter. Clicked 7/21/19.
