Ocotal Birds by Zipline

There are five species of birds that we see most days in Ocotal.  It is dry here and the species are totally different from the jungle species (toucans and green macaws) that we saw in Playa Chiquita.


Parakeets.  About half the size of a parrot, these noisy birds fly by in groups of 8 or 10.  We see them nearly every day.  There is a large flowering yellow tree near our 2nd floor balcony, and the parakeets have been eating the flowers from this tree lately.



Great Kiskadee or Tropical Kingbird - Not sure if these are two names for the same bird or different species, but we see these guys frequently her in Guanacaste province.




White-Throated Magpie Jay
These birds sit in the almond and guanacaste trees by the beach just waiting for tourists to leave a few crumbs from their picnic lunches.  I had barely finished my apple and set it on the mini table in front of me when one of these Jays landed next to me on the log.




Oriole
This one makes me happy.  I wrote a report about orioles with my grade 5 teacher, Mrs McQuaig.  I had never seen an Oriole before.  Baltimore Orioles migrate to Central America during the winter months.  We see two or three Orioles every other day.





Unidentified Bird Eating Papaya by the Cloverleaf Pool




Turquoise-browed mot-mot
Very unusual tail feathers.  Really neat colors.  So far, we've only had three sightings of this bird- which is the national bird of Nicaragua.  (Once in Nicaragua, twice here in Northwest Costa Rica)




Hanging birds nest. It's uphill from our condo on the way up the hill to the infinity pool.

And finally, I want to include this picture of Meritt and the two parrots at Laguna Apoyo, Nicaragua.  They were tame, but still...