It all begins with an idea. Costa Rica Nov 24 - Dec 1st 2023. These are just a few photos of the amazing diversity of wildlife that I captured while staying there. From my early morning birdwatching trip to Hacienda el Roble, Costa Rica with an amazing guide Juan Carlos who found us many birds to see and photograph like Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Tamarindo Birdwatching Crocodiles and Monkey Tour where I seen Little Blue Herons, and a Long-tailed Manikin, The cloud forest of Monteverde where the guide Dennis found us the Resplendent Quetzal and several species of hummingbirds, and just exploring the mangrove forest and streets around the resort where I found Motmots, and many other birds. Already planning my next trip to focus on some of the places like Palo Verde where I may have the opportunity to see a Boat-billed Heron, or Jabiru Stork, Roseate Spoonbill and the Glossy Ibis.

Tri-coloured Heron - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Collared Plover - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Streak-backed Oriole - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Rufous-naped Wren - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Male Hoffman's Woodpecker - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Tropical Kingbird with Green Iguana - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Cinnamon Hummingbird - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Common Pauraque - Hacienda el Roble, Costa Rica

Cattle Egret - Hacienda el Roble, Costa Rica

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron - Hacienda el Roble, Costa Rica

Black-headed Trogon - Hacienda el Roble, Costa Rica

Common Black Hawk - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Orange-chinned Parakeet - Occidental Tamarindo resort

White-throated Magpie Jay

Howler Monkey - Hacienda el Roble, Costa Rica

Female Anhinga - Hacienda el Roble, Costa Rica

Turquoise-browed Motmot

Scarlet Macaw

Squirrel Cuckoo - Hacienda el Roble, Costa Rica

Limpkin - Hacienda el Roble, Costa Rica

Gray Hawk - Hacienda el Roble, Costa Rica

Ruddy Turnstone - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Variegated Squirrel - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Royal Terns - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Whimbrel 28 Nov 2023 - Occidental Tamarindo resort
Least Sandpiper - Occidental Tamarindo resort

White-throated Magpie-Jay - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Yellow-headed Caracara - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Brown Pelican over the surf of Pacific Ocean - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Oystercatcher - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Great Kiskadee - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Rufous-naped Wren - Occidental Tamarindo resort

American Crocodile - Tamarindo Birdwatching, Crocodile and Monkey Tour

Little Blue Heron - Tamarindo Birdwatching, Crocodile and Monkey Tour

White Ibis - Tamarindo Birdwatching, Crocodile and Monkey Tour

Juvenile Male Long-tailed Manikin

Juvenile Little Blue Heron - Tamarindo Birdwatching, Crocodile and Monkey Tour

Black-tailed Spiny Iguana - Tamarindo Birdwatching, Crocodile and Monkey Tour

Little Blue Heron - Tamarindo Birdwatching, Crocodile and Monkey Tour

Juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Green Iguana - Occidental Tamarindo resort


Variegated Squirrel - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Llanos del Cortes Waterfall, Costa Rica

Little Green Heron - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Sunset on the Pacific coast from the Occidental Tamarindo resort

Female Great-tailed Grackle - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Mangrove Crab - Tamarindo Birdwatching, Crocodile and Monkey Tour

Plain-capped Starthroat - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tamarindo Costa Rica Nov 2023

Mangrove Crab - Tamarindo Birdwatching, Crocodile and Monkey Tour

Grooved-bill Ani Occidental Tamarindo resort

Streak-backed Oriole Tamarindo Costa Rica Nov 2023

Rufours-naped Wren - Occidental Tamarindo resort

White Ibis Occidental Tamarindo resort

Northern Waterthrush - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Striped-headed Sparrow - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Yellow-headed Caracara - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Banded Wren - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Squirrel Cuckoo - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Common Black Hawk Occidental Tamarindo resort

Turquoise-browed Motmot Occidental Tamarindo resort Nov 2023

Prothonotary Warbler - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Black Vulture - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Resplendent Quetzal - Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica 30 Nov 2023

Lesser Violetear Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Costa Rica 30 Nov 2023

Female Green-crowned Brilliant Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve Costa Rica 30 Nov 2023

Violet Sabrewing Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve Costa Rica 30 Nov 2023

Juvenile Male Green-crowned Brilliant Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve Costa Rica 30 Nov 2023

Summer Tanager - Occidental Tamarindo resort , Costa Rica 30 Nov 2023

Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding early morning Sunlight - Occidental Tamarindo resort 1 Dec 2023

Pair of Rufous-naped Wrens courting - Occidental Tamarindo resort

Sunset of the Pacific ocean from the beach at Occidental Tamarindo resort
Sunset on the Pacific, Tamarindo, Costa Rica. I sell a few of my prints locally from my home, at local markets and can be contacted for viewing of gallery. Check out my you tube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@garrywaldram5246/videos