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    I imagine that there are a few birders on the BC forum. Here is a list of what I encountered on this trip. My Costa Rica list is now in the mid-500s. I am not certain why, but it generally was quiet with not nearly as much avian activity as I remember from long ago. I really expected about twice this number of species but activity may have been suppressed due to the wet weather. My prior visits were during the dry season whereas this trip was in the middle of the wet. Those birds with an asterisk were lifers.

    • Little Tinamou – Suena Azul
    • Great Tinamou – Rara Avis, La Selva
    • Striated Heron – Suena Azul
    • Great Egret -- Suena Azul, tranis
    • Neotropical Cormorant
    • Short-billed Pigeon – Suena Azul, Rara Avis, La Selva
    • Red-billed Pigeon -- Volcan Arenal
    • Grey-chested Dove -- Rara Avis, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Ruddy Ground Dove -- road to Rara Avis, La Selva
    • *Purplish-backed Quail-Dove – Rara Avis
    • *Violaceous Quail-Dove -- Volcan Arenal
    • Great Currasow -- La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Crested Guan -- La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Bat Falcon – Rara Avis, pair
    • Laughing Falcon – Suena Azul, calling and in treetops
    • Roadside Hawk – Rara Avis
    • White Hawk -- Rara Avis
    • Swallow-tailed Kite -- La Selva
    • Hook-billed Kite -- dark phase, Volcan Arenal
    • King Vulture – one near Rara Avis, La Selva
    • Black Vulture
    • Turkey Vulture
    • Squirrel Cuckoo -- Suena Azul, Rara Avis, La Selva
    • Grove-billed Ani -- Suena Azul, La Selva
    • Spotted Sandpiper -- Suena Azul, Rara Avis
    • Amazon Kingfisher -- Suena Azul
    • Ringed Kingfisher -- La Selva
    • Green Kingfisher -- Suena Azul
    • Mealy Parrot -- Rara Avis, La Selva
    • Red-lored Parrot -- Volcan Arenal
    • White-crowned Parrot -- La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • *Great Green Macaw -- La Selva
    • Crimson-fronted Parakeet -- La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Orange-chinned Parakeet -- Volcan Arenal
    • Spectacled Owl -- Rara Avis
    • Pauraque -- Suena Azul, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Least Pygmy Owl -- Rara Avis
    • Long-tailed Hermit –Suena Azul, La Selva
    • Little Hermit -- Rara Avis, VolcanArenal
    • Green Hermit -- Rara Avis, Volcan Arenal
    • Banded Barbthroat – Suena Azul
    • Violet-headed Hummingbird -- Volcan Arenal
    • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird -- Suena Azul, La Selva
    • Blue-throated Goldentail -- Volcan Arenal
    • Purple-crowned Fairy -- Volcan Arenal
    • White-collared Swift -- Rara Avis
    • Grey-rumped Swift -- La Selva
    • Violaceous Trogon –Suena Azul, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Black-throated Trogon – Suena Azul
    • Chestnut-mandibled Toucan – Suena Azul, Rara Avis, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Keel-billed Toucan – heard Suena Azul, seen when leaving Rara Avis, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Suena Azul, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Chestnut Woodpecker -- La Selva
    • Pale-billed Woodpecker -- Rara Avis, La Selva
    • Red-headed Barbet -- Rara Avis
    • Mangrove Swallow -- Suena Azul
    • Rough-winged Swallow -- Suena Azul
    • *Thicket Antpitta – Rara Avis, upward trill, Volcan Arenal
    • Chestnut-backed Antbird -- Rara Avis, La Selva
    • Spotted Antbird -- Volcan Arenal
    • Black-faced Ant-Thrush -- Rara Avis,usually 3 notes. one emphatic high followed by two or three lower at same pitch
    • Russet Antshrike – Rara Avis
    • Slaty Antwren -- Volcan Arenal
    • Plain Xenops – Suena Azul, Volcan Arenal
    • Buff-throated Foliage-Gleaner – Rara Avis
    • *Tawny-throated Leaf-Tosser -- Volcan Arenal
    • Streaked Foliage-Gleaner -- Volcan Arenal
    • Streak-headed Woodcreeper – Suena Azul, Volcan Arenal
    • Spotted Woodcreeper -- Volcan Arenal
    • Cocoa Woodcreeper -- Rara Avis, La Selva
    • Wedge-billed Woodcreeper -- La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Barred Woodcreeper -- La Selva
    • Rufous Piha -- Rara Avis
    • Three-wattled Bellbird -- Volcan Arenal
    • Masked Tityra -- La Selva
    • Purple-throated Fruit-Crow -- La Selva
    • Cinnamon Becard – Suena Azul
    • Rufous Mourner -- Volcan Arenal
    • Tropical Pewee -- La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Dusky-capped Flycatcher -- La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Bright-rumped Atila -- Suena Azul, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Tufted Flycatcher – Rara Avis
    • Yellow-olive Flycatcher – Suena Azul
    • Yellow-margined Flycatcher -- Volcan Arenal
    • Paltry Tyrannulet -- La Selva
    • Common Tody Tyrant -- La Selva
    • Kiskadee – Suena Azul, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Social Flycatcher – Suena Azul, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Tropical Kingbird – Suena Azul, Volcan Arenal
    • Yellow-bellied Elaenia -- Volcan Arenal
    • Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant – Rara Avis, Volcan Arenal
    • Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher -- Volcan Arenal
    • White-ruffed Manakin -- Rara Avis
    • White-collared Manakin -- La Selva
    • Clay-coloured Robin -- Suena Azul, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • White-vented Robin – Rara Avis
    • Bay Wren – Rara Avis
    • Stripe-breasted Wren -- Rara Avis, La Selva
    • Nightingale Wren – Rara Avis, Volcan Arenal
    • Banded-back Wren -- La Selva
    • Southern House Wren -- Suena Azul, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • White-breasted Wood-Wren -- Rara Avis, La Selva
    • Brown Jay -- Volcan Arenal
    • Long-billed Gnatwren -- Rara Avis, La Selva
    • Tawny-faced Gnatwren -- Rara Avis
    • Grey-headed Greenlet – Rara Avis
    • Emerald Shrike-Vireo -- La Selva
    • Bananaquit – Rara Avis, Volcan Arenal
    • Louisiana Waterthrush -- Rara Avis
    • American Redstart -- Rara Avis
    • Black-and-White Warbler – Rara Avis
    • Magnolia Warbler – Rara Avis
    • Buff-rumped Warbler -- Suena Azul, Rara Avis, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Common Bush-Tanager -- Rara Avis
    • Ashy-headed Bush-Tanager -- Rara Avis
    • Black-and-Yellow Tanager – Rara Avis
    • Bay Tanager – Rara Avis, Volcan Arenal
    • *Emerald Tanager – Rara Avis
    • Speckled Tanager – Rara Avis
    • Golden-hooded Tanager -- Suena Azul, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Silver-throated Tanager -- Rara Avis
    • Blue-grey Tanager – Suena Azul, Rara Avis, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Palm Tanager -- seen when leaving Rara Avis, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Stripe-backed Tanager -- Volcan Arenal
    • Crimson-collared Tanager -- Volcan Arenal
    • Red-throated Ant-tanager – Suena Azul, Rara Avis
    • Passerini Tanager -- Suena Azul, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Carmiol’s Tanager – Rara Avis, Volcan Arenal
    • Tawny-crested Tanager -- Rara Avis
    • White-lined Tanager -- La Selva
    • Olive-backed Euphonia – Suena Azul, Rara Avis, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Yellow-crowned Euphonia -- Volcan Arenal
    • Tawny-capped Euphonia – Rara Avis
    • Green Honeycreeper – Rara Avis, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Shining Honeycreeper – Rara Avis, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Red-thighed Dacnis – Suena Azul
    • Great-tailed Grackle -- La Selva
    • Black-cowled Oriole – Suena Azul, Volcan Arenal
    • *Yellow-tailed Oriole – Suena Azul
    • Yellow-billed Cacique – Suena Azul
    • Scarlet-rumped Cacique -- La Selva
    • Montezuma Oropendola – Suena Azul, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Blue-black Grassquit
    • Thick-billed Seed Finch -- La Selva
    • Variable Seed-Eater -- Volcan Arenal
    • Yellow-faced Grassquit -- Volcan Arenal
    • Black-striped Sparrow -- Volcan Arenal
    • Orange-billed Sparrow – Suena Azul, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Rufous-collared Sparrow -- San Jose, Volcan Arenal
    • Buff-throated Saltator – Suena Azul, seen when leaving Rara Avis, La Selva, Volcan Arenal
    • Black-faced Grosbeak -- Rara Avis
    David Fischer
    Wollongong, Australia

    My photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/moloch05/sets/

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    Thanks David for listing down all the links and providing the info on types of expenses to expect in such a trip. This will surely help in the planning and budgeting. Need to study more into details and maybe can work out a shorter version trip or something for next year if anyone here in BC are interested
    CHNG

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