Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

After spending my birthday week in Costa Rica, I had the pleasure of leading a great group through the Deering Estate natural areas. We met at 7:30am and began working the parking lot before hiking north along the Chinese Bridge Trail to the pineland access gate. From there we worked the pine rockland and finally began birding through the tropical hammock south back to the public portion of the estate. Full checklist linked below (please feel free to add if I missed anything):

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26051916

For those interested, here is an album I put together with some of the bird shots from my trip:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rangelrok/albums/72157659451911424

I ended with 78 species, 63 being lifers. Here is the full trip list:

White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica
Crimson-fronted Parakeet - Psittacara finschi
Tropical Kingbird - Tyrannus melancholicus
Clay-colored Thrush - Turdus grayi
Tennessee Warbler - Oreothlypis peregrina
Blue-gray Tanager - Thraupis episcopus
Rufous-collared Sparrow - Zonotrichia capensis
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus
Melodious Blackbird - Dives dives
Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
Green Violetear - Colibri thalassinus
Magnificent Hummingbird - Eugenes fulgens
Silver-throated Tanager - Tangara icterocephala
Slaty Flowerpiercer - Diglossa plumbea
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus - Chlorospingus pileatus
Flame-colored Tanager - Piranga bidentata
Acorn Woodpecker - Melanerpes formicivorus
Blue-and-white Swallow - Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
Collared Redstart - Myioborus torquatus
Yellow-thighed Finch - Pselliophorus tibialis
White-throated Mountain-gem - Lampornis castaneoventris
Volcano Hummingbird - Selasphorus flammula
Sulphur-winged Parakeet - Pyrrhura hoffmanni
Yellowish Flycatcher - Empidonax flavescens
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren - Henicorhina leucophrys
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher - Ptiliogonys caudatus
Wilson's Warbler - Cardellina pusilla
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
White-collared Swift - Streptoprocne zonaris
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird - Eupherusa eximia
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper - Lepidocolaptes affinis
Tufted Flycatcher - Mitrephanes phaeocercus
Dark Pewee - Contopus lugubris
Black-cheeked Warbler - Basileuterus melanogenys
Three-striped Warbler - Basileuterus tristriatus
Common Chlorospingus - Chlorospingus flavopectus
Golden-browed Chlorophonia - Chlorophonia callophrys
Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata
Ruddy Pigeon - Patagioenas subvinacea
Resplendent Quetzal - Pharomachrus mocinno
Ochraceous Pewee - Contopus ochraceus
Timberline Wren - Thryorchilus browni
Sooty Thrush - Turdus nigrescens
Volcano Junco - Junco vulcani
Large-footed Finch - Pezopetes capitalis
Black Guan - Chamaepetes unicolor
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl - Megascops clarkii
Fiery-throated Hummingbird - Panterpe insignis
Barred Parakeet - Bolborhynchus lineola
Ruddy Treerunner - Margarornis rubiginosus
Black-capped Flycatcher - Empidonax atriceps
Barred Becard - Pachyramphus versicolor
Silvery-throated Jay - Cyanolyca argentigula
Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush - Catharus gracilirostris
Wrenthrush - Zeledonia coronata
Yellow-billed Cacique - Amblycercus holosericeus
Dusky Nightjar - Antrostomus saturatus
Scintillant Hummingbird - Selasphorus scintilla
Mountain Elaenia - Elaenia frantzii
Brown-capped Vireo - Vireo leucophrys
Mountain Thrush - Turdus plebejus
Golden-winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera
Black-throated Green Warbler - Setophaga virens
Spangle-cheeked Tanager - Tangara dowii
Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra
White-naped Brushfinch - Atlapetes albinucha
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
Buff-fronted Quail-Dove - Zentrygon costaricensis
Yellow-winged Vireo - Vireo carmioli
Black-faced Solitaire - Myadestes melanops
Flame-throated Warbler - Oreothlypis gutturalis
Yellow-faced Grassquit - Tiaris olivaceus
Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus
Merlin - Falco columbarius
Torrent Tyrannulet - Serpophaga cinerea
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush - Catharus frantzii