COSTA RICA
Hummingbirds & Quetzals Trip Report
March 27 - April 3, 2025
Leader: Jose Pablo Castillo
Driver: Ramon Vargas
Trip Report (29 MB pdf)>
Fiery-throated Hummingbird.
Photo by Sue Caperino
HIGHLIGHTS & TOP SIGHTINGS: |
- Resplendent Quetzal
- Sunbittern
- Witnessing Raptor migration in real time
- Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher
- Volcano Junco
- Lesson’s Motmot
- Slaty Flowerpiercer
- Black Guan with chick
- Snowcap
- Cabanis’s Ground-sparrow
- Collared Redstart
- Northern Emerald-Toucanet
- American Barn Owl
- Crested Owl
- Elegant Euphonia
- White-breasted Wood-wren
- The variety of birds and colors
- Accommodations and food!
- Ramón and Jose Pablo!
- The Irazú Volcano
- Having time to admire nesting behavior of many species of
birds including the Sunbittern, Northern Emerald Toucanet,
and Resplendent Quetzal.
- Everybody’s great energy and patience!
Photo: Resplendent Quetzal by Jose Pablo Castillo
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