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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


My son (15) and I woke up Christmas morning at Costa Rica's La Selva Biological Station. Definitely not our usual Christmas morning, although we did have some snow (snowy cotinga ).
After we quickly thought of wife and daughter back home in CA (they flew back from CR Xmas Eve), we headed out for a great day of birding.
Here are some from the day, many were lifers. All shot handheld with 1DXII, 400DOII + 1.4xIII.

Thanks for stopping by!
Jim


#1 - Snowy cotinga (far away, heavily cropped): first bird of day, and a primary target - so great start!



#2 - Gartered trogon



#3 - Rufous-tailed jacamar



#4 - Blue dacnis female



#5 - Long-tailed tyrant



#6 - Iguana



#7 - Black hawk-eagle: heavily cropped, but a nice lifer for us



#8 - Purple-throated fruitcrow



#9 - Purple-throated fruitcrow, with lunch



#10



#11 - Cinnamon becard



#12 - White-collared manakin (SO tough to get a shot of, always moving, deep in forest / shade)



#13 - Slaty-tailed trogon



#14 - Chestnut-colored woodpecker



#15 - Fasciated antshrike: what a treat, rarely see these out in the open!



#16 - Fasciated antshrike


That's all folks

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Feb 04, 2017 at 03:18 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


Jim, those are amazing images from CR. They show that I barely scratched the surface during my first visit. I definitely have to go back there for more. Wonderfully done and presented!

Joshua



Feb 04, 2017 at 03:27 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


What a nice Xmas gift you and your son received....great variety of some beautiful birds.
Eric



Feb 04, 2017 at 03:27 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


Wonderful, wonderful set Jim !!

Birdie




Feb 04, 2017 at 03:54 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


Nice set of colourful birds. I'd love to go to Costa Rica one day !


Feb 04, 2017 at 04:17 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


Nicely shown. Looks like a lovely day!
Don



Feb 04, 2017 at 04:33 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


all sell done with 2, 3, 13 and the last my picks Jim

Morris



Feb 04, 2017 at 07:00 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


a great set Jim


Feb 04, 2017 at 07:26 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


Awesome shots of some birds that must be harder finds because I never seen anyone post them from all the CR posts we get on here. I would assume these were more field birding and less lodge birding??

Anyways, great shots and thanks for sharing these.

Geoff



Feb 04, 2017 at 07:48 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


A super set Jim. Too many good ones to pick ~ Ron


Feb 04, 2017 at 07:57 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


Very nice images, and nice variety, Jim! Images 3 and 11 are my favorites.
Keith W.



Feb 04, 2017 at 10:28 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica



Fantastic images of some superb species. Waiting for more.



Feb 04, 2017 at 10:39 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


Well done


Feb 05, 2017 at 05:30 AM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


#10 is my favorite of the bunch! love the bokeh


Feb 05, 2017 at 05:34 AM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


AGeoJO wrote:
Jim, those are amazing images from CR. They show that I barely scratched the surface during my first visit. I definitely have to go back there for more. Wonderfully done and presented!

Joshua


Thank you, Joshua. CR is wonderful, I'm still scratching surface after 2 trips there. Still haven't been up to Arenal, Caribbean, or No Pacific areas. So I also have plenty of reasons to return.

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eyelaser wrote:
What a nice Xmas gift you and your son received....great variety of some beautiful birds.
Eric


thanks Eric!
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birdied wrote:
Wonderful, wonderful set Jim !!

Birdie



Thanks for the kind word, Birdie
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mrcolin2u wrote:
Nice set of colourful birds. I'd love to go to Costa Rica one day !


I highly recommend it!
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DonGut wrote:
Nicely shown. Looks like a lovely day!
Don


Thanks, Don!
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morris wrote:
all sell done with 2, 3, 13 and the last my picks Jim

Morris


thanks for the picks, Morris
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kmunroe wrote:
a great set Jim


Thanks!
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arbitrage wrote:
Awesome shots of some birds that must be harder finds because I never seen anyone post them from all the CR posts we get on here. I would assume these were more field birding and less lodge birding??

Anyways, great shots and thanks for sharing these.

Geoff


Thank you, Geoff. These were all at the LaSelva Biological Station. We stayed in one of the cabin rooms there, and hired a private guide that works at the Station.



Feb 05, 2017 at 03:04 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Christmas Day in Costa Rica


surfnron wrote:
A super set Jim. Too many good ones to pick ~ Ron


Thank you, Ron
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kwilliam8 wrote:
Very nice images, and nice variety, Jim! Images 3 and 11 are my favorites.
Keith W.


Much appreciated, Keith - thanks for the picks.
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PIXPHATIC wrote:
Fantastic images of some superb species. Waiting for more.


Thank you for the comments - still working on all the images...stay tuned
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RobAmy wrote:
Well done


Thanks
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1swt2gs wrote:
#10 is my favorite of the bunch! love the bokeh


Thank you for the pick.



Feb 06, 2017 at 06:20 PM





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