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COSTA RICA

10 - 24 March 2000

by Tom Bishop
 

Lodging:

March 10: Los Angeles-Miami-San Jose, overnight at Hampton Inn by airport, (506) 443-0043

March 11: Tarcol Lodge by the Tarcoles River near the Pacific Ocean, (506) 637-0193

March 14: Rancho Naturalista, southeast of Turrialba

March 16: Savagre Mountain Lodge, 9 km off the Pan American Highway at km 80 south of Cartago, near Cerro de la Muerte, (506) 771-1732

March 19: Selva Verde Lodge

March 20: La Selva Biological Station (506) 240-6696

March 23: Hampton Inn near airport

March 24: Flew home

My wife, Carol, planned this trip with the help of Kathleen Erb of Costa Rica Gateway.  Kathleen's family owns two of the lodges (Tarcol and Rancho) where we stayed.  Their phone is (800) 593-3305 and email johnerb@sol.racsa.co.cr or gateway@ipa.net .  Their website is http://www.ranchonaturalista.com, complete with bird lists for these two lodges.  The cost was approximately $4000 for 13 days for both of us, including airfare.

Introduction

This was our first trip to Costa Rica, a small country with an incredible density of species of birds.  Most of our birding has been in the USA or Canada, with one previous trip to Belize, England, and Trinidad and Tobago.  Costa Rica has birds from South America, birds from North America, birds in the mountains, birds on the Pacific, birds on the Caribbean slope, birds in the jungle.  It is a beautiful country, very green.  We were in heaven.

The people were very friendly.  We did not have to drive, since we arranged for a driver to take us from place to place, and we stayed in places with good water, so there was not much stress for us.  However, there were episodes of civil unrest while we were there.  The people at Costa Rica Gateway took good care of us, changing our itinerary so we could avoid the road blockades on the Pan American highway and elsewhere.  What we heard was that the electric company was being privatized, and people mistrusted the government's motives, fearing higher prices and less availability.  They also do not want the national parks to be "developed." In addition the potato farmers near Cartago were protesting the low prices they receive for their crop, blaming the government for not increasing taxes on competing crops from other countries.  This is not gospel, but what we think was happening.  We never felt in danger at all.

Birds seen: In two weeks, we saw a total of 357 species in 2 weeks, also 14 that were heard only, and 5 (at least) that I missed and were seen by others.  A complete list follows at the end of this report.

Besides birds, we saw:
 

THE GUIDES

Through Costa Rica Gateway we had wonderful guides, in particular:
 

PLANNING YOUR TRIP

Take T-shirts and shorts for the beach, and take sweaters and wind jackets for the mountains.  Many people wore rubber boots that are good for mud and also help to guard against chiggers.
 


ADVICE WHEN THERE
 


LOCATIONS

Tarcol/Carara: (0 feet)

We saw 180 species here, a great start to our trip.  It was at sea level, so it was easier for us to adjust after our travel to Costa Rica.  I would go back here again, just for the spectacular birds (and for another try for the Pygmy Kingfisher).  Theft is common at the River Trail; we were warned not to leave things in the car.  A guard was there one day when the cruise ships were bringing passengers there for a walk, but he wasn't there the other day we visited.

Rancho Naturalista: (3000 feet)

We saw 96 species here, a very beautiful place, but expensive.  This is a great place for hummingbirds and other beautiful birds, and you can see them from the balcony in the morning as you have coffee.  There is a feeder area not far from the lodge where Snowcaps and other amazing hummers are seen, plus you can visit the "pool" area along the stream where the hummingbirds dip into the water to bathe each evening.  The food was excellent.  I'm glad we went here once.

Savagre: (7200 feet)

We saw 73 species here, not bad for the mountains.  This is the spot for the Quetzal, but besides that it is a very beautiful and comfortable place to stay.  This was Carol's favorite place.

Selva Verde, and La Selva: (300 feet)

We saw 132 species here, and I would come back here again.  It is a great experience after seeing the Pacific side and the mountains to descend into the Caribbean lowlands.  We were at La Selva for three of our four days, and we thoroughly enjoyed our time there.  It is a research station, and you eat and sleep with the young researchers there.  Because of my medical condition, however, they kindly let us stay in a house there.  We walked the trails each day and also birded the area outside the gate along the road.  The guided walks at La Selva should be arranged in advance and leave at 8am and 1pm, unless you arrange for a private tour.  We saw fewer birds in the afternoon, but we saw some rare ones then.  Selva Verde, about 20 minutes away by taxi, also has many birds, but has more guests and more of a non-birder atmosphere.  The hammocks by each room are great, and the covered walkways throughout the property link the rooms with the dining and reception areas.  They also have guides and trails for birders.

Virgen de Socorro, plus Mirador: (approximately 3000 feet)

We saw 56 species during quick visits to these two places.  Virgen de Socorro has many specialty birds; it is a beautiful green canyon and if you hit it early in the morning there are birds everywhere.  Ask for directions at LaSelva, it is about ½ hour drive from there.  (GPS co-ordinates for Socorro are 10 deg 15.68'N, 84 deg 10.52'W.) Mirador is a road stop on Rt.  9 between the La Paz waterfall and San Jose with many hummingbird feeders.  Carol added one new beauty there among the many species for a total of 26 hummingbird species for the trip.

OUR SCHEDULE, DAY BY DAY, HIGHLIGHTS

11 San Jose airport, Tarcol Lodge area, river delta

12 Carara River Trail

13 Carara Headquarters Loop Trail

14 roads near Tarcol, Carara River Trail, Rancho Naturalista trails (in rain)

15 Rancho balcony, Rancho trails, Rancho pools

16 Rancho balcony, Rancho trails, drove up to Savagre in foggy night

17 Savagre medium trail, high elevation at 9500 feet near Pan American Highway

18 Savagre high trail

19 Selva Verde trails (300 feet)

20 Selva Verde, La Selva

21 La Selva field, forest (Big Day)

22 Virgen de Socorro, rested all afternoon

23 La Selva, Mirador

Figure about an average of 20 mph in road travel, due to big slopes, narrow roads, and traffic in towns.  Our usual modus operandi was to bird from 5:30 or 6:00 (dawn) to 7:00-7:30 (breakfast), bird from 8:00-8:30 to noon (lunch), then siesta until two or three, and go again until 6:00.  I won't mention our day-to-day events and birds except to say that we met wonderful birders everywhere, particularly a British couple who were at Rancho and Savagre when we were.  Our British friends saw 440 in 3 weeks, mostly on their own.  On my birthday, the 18th, Marino whistled in a male Resplendant Quetzal to a branch over our heads!  What a present!  Hopefully you can easily see where we saw each bird in the bird list at the end.
 

PROBABILITY

Some words about the probability column is the bird list below.  I am using my friend Brian Elder's pretrip ritual for computing probabilities.

1.  Get checklists with abundances.  If in the ABA area with Lane this is easy.  In this case I used:

C = "COMMON" should be recorded almost daily

F = "FAIRLY COMMON" should be recorded several times

U = "UNCOMMON" should be recorded once or twice per week

I got abundances for Tarcol and to Rancho Naturalista from spreadsheets on the Internet.  (They have updated ones at the lodges, I found out).  For Savagre I took the checklist from Dennis Rogers' book, Site Guides, Costa Rica and Panama.  For La Selva I took their Christmas count list on the Internet and converted numbers to abundance codes.  Definitions are as follows:

2.  The next step is to assign probabilities to the common, fairly common, and uncommon.  Based on our trip to Trinidad, these figures were 58%, 38%, and 14%.  However, in hindsight, having guides in Costa Rica pushed these figures up to 73%, 43%, and 22%.  Also in hindsight I needed to use 4% for rare birds that didn't have even have a C, F, or U.

3.  If you are going to four sites, with probabilities P1, P2, P3 and P4 respectively, the total probability (seeing the bird at any of the sites) is 1 - (1 - P1)*(1 - P2)* (1 - P3)*(1 - P4).  This probability is what is used below (although I rounded off to nearest 10 %).  Also, adding up all probabilities gives the expected total species.  These changes came up with a total of 358 species which matched what we saw.

Birds we saw
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The numbers, of course, represent the number of birds seen at each site.
Also, h means heard and * means seen by someone else.  If anyone wants the original Excel spreadsheet, which has much more information, please email me at bish@home.com.

Column 1 is taxonomic index.
Column 2 is probability of seeing that species on the trip
Column 3 (T) is how many seen at Tarcol, Carara, Villa Lapis
Column 4 (R) is how many seen at Rancho Naturalista (we didn't go up the Rio Tuis Valley)
Column 5 (S) is how many seen at Savagre
Column 6 (L) is how many seen at Selva Verde, La Selva, Socorro, Mirador
Column 7 the species name (for tablature reasons, it is in last column)

BIRDS SEEN

index   prob    T       R       S       L       species

1       90%     1       h               h       Great Tinamou
4       80%                             2       Slaty-Breasted Tinamou
5       20%                             1       Pied-billed Grebe
7       80%     50                              Magnificent Frigatebird
9       90%     40                              Neotropic Cormorant
11      50%     3                       1       Anhinga
12      80%     40                              Brown Pelican
13      30%             20                      Blue-Winged Teal
14      90%     25                      1       Little Blue Heron
15      50%     3                               Tricolored Heron
16      80%     7                       1       Snowy Egret
17      60%                             1       Great Blue Heron
18      80%     7                               Great Egret
19      100%    20      20              200     Cattle Egret
20      100%    1                       1       Green Heron
21      80%     18                              Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron
22      90%     7                       1       Boat-Billed Heron
23      20%     2                               Bare-Throated Tiger-Heron
24      50%                             1       Fasciated Tiger-Heron
25      80%     25                              White Ibis
27      80%     1                               Roseate Spoonbill
28      80%     2                               Wood Stork
29      100%    30      25      3       490     Turkey Vulture
30      100%    50      25      5       63      Black Vulture
31      60%     4                       1       Osprey
32      30%     1                       1       Gray-Headed Kite
33      30%                             1       King Vulture
34      90%                             4       Swallow-Tailed Kite
35      30%                     1               Black-Shouldered Kite
36      50%     *                       2       Double-Toothed Kite
37      30%     1                               Plumbeous Kite
38      20%             1                       Sharp-shinned Hawk
40      30%                             1       Semiplumbeous Hawk
41      90%                             1       Barred Hawk
42      80%     2                               Common Black-Hawk
43      80%                             1       Roadside Hawk
44      80%     3                               Gray Hawk
45      50%                             10      Short-Tailed Hawk
46      80%                     20      300     Swainson'S Hawk
47      100%    1       80              11      Broad-Winged Hawk
48      50%                     2       1       Red-Tailed Hawk
49      80%     2                               Yellow-Headed Caracara
50      20%                     1               Ornate Hawk-Eagle
51      50%     2                               Crested Caracara
57      90%             2               3       Gray-Headed Chachalaca
58      50%             1               2       Crested Guan
61      50%                     5               Spotted Wood-Quail
62      90%                             1       White-Throated Crake
64      90%     1                               Purple Gallinule
67      20%                             1       Sunbittern
68      100%    2                               Northern Jacana
69      80%     2                               Whimbrel
71      30%     1                               Greater Yellowlegs
73      100%    2                       2       Spotted Sandpiper
74      80%     5                               Ruddy Turnstone
76      80%     1                               Willet
77      80%     1                               Western Sandpiper
79      80%     3                               Least Sandpiper
81      50%     1                               Black-Necked Stilt
82      80%     5                               Gray Plover
83      80%     5                               Semipalmated Plover
84      50%     5                               Wilson'S Plover
88      30%     4                               Laughing Gull
90      80%     15                              Royal Tern
92      30%     1                               Sandwich Tern
96      50%     8                               Rock Dove
98      90%                     25              Band-Tailed Pigeon
99      90%     3                               Red-Billed Pigeon
100     50%                     30      2       Pale-Vented Pigeon
101     100%    6       h               10      Short-Billed Pigeon
104     100%    3                       h       Ruddy Ground-Dove
105     80%     2                               Inca Dove
106     50%     5                               Blue Ground-Dove
108     100%    6       1                       White-Tipped Dove
112     80%     2                       5       Gray-Chested Dove
113     30%     1                               Ruddy Quail-Dove
115     80%     8                               Scarlet Macaw
116     90%     h       10                      Crimson-Fronted Parakeet
117     30%     5                               Orange-Fronted Parakeet
118     80%                             2       Olive-Throated Parakeet
121     90%     2                               Orange-Chinned Parakeet
122     20%     1       h                       White-fronted Parrot
123     100%                            8       Brown-Hooded Parrot
124     90%     h       3               12      White-Crowned Parrot
125     90%     2               6               Red-Lored Parrot
126     50%     2                               Yellow-Naped Parrot
127     90%     1                       11      Mealy Parrot
128     100%    3                       5       Squirrel Cuckoo
129     100%    3       5               5       Groove-Billed Ani
131     80%     2                               Pacific Screech-Owl
134     20%     2                               Black-and-White Owl
135     80%             1       1               Mottled Owl
138     30%                             1       Least Pygmy-Owl
139     80%     1                               Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
140     50%                     1               Andean Pygmy-Owl
141     30%                             1       Great Potoo
142     90%     2                               Lesser Nighthawk
143     100%    h       h               1       Pauraque
147     100%    10              1       210     White-Collared Swift
150     100%                            5       Vaux'S Swift
151     80%     2                       5       Gray-Rumped Swift
152     80%     4                       5       Band-Rumped Swift
154     50%     1                               Bronzy Hermit
155     90%     3                       1       Long-Tailed Hermit
156     90%             2               1       Green Hermit
157     80%     1       1               3       Violet Sabrewing
158     80%     10                              Scaly-Breasted Hummingbird
159     60%     1       10              2       White-Necked Jacobin
160     100%            1               1       Little Hermit
161     70%                             2       Violet-Headed Hummingbird
162     90%                     25              Green Violet-Ear
163     90%     1       2                       Green-Breasted Mango
164     90%             16                      Violet-Crowned Woodnymph
165     30%             4               2       Green Thorntail
168     90%                     4               Fiery-Throated Hummingbird
169     50%     1                               Blue-Throated Goldentail
172     30%                             4       Blue-Chested Hummingbird
173     100%    3       12              12      Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird
175     80%             10                      Snowcap
176     90%                     10              Variable Mountain-Gem
177     80%                             6       Coppery-Headed Emerald
178     80%             2               5       Green-Crowned Brilliant
179     60%                             1       Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
180     50%                     3               Magnificent Hummingbird
181     20%     1                               Ruby-throated Hummingbird
182     80%             1               1       Purple-Crowned Fairy
184     90%                     4               Resplendent Quetzal
185     90%     1               4               Slaty-Tailed Trogon
186     80%                     2               Volcano Hummingbird
188     80%     2                               Baird'S Trogon
189     80%     3                               Black-Headed Trogon
190     50%                     12              Scintillant Hummingbird
191     90%             2       4               Collared Trogon
193     100%    3       h       4               Violaceous Trogon
194     80%     2                       1       Black-Throated Trogon
195     90%     1                       2       Ringed Kingfisher
197     90%     1                       *       Green Kingfisher
198     70%     2                       1       Amazon Kingfisher
199     90%     3                               Turquoise-Browed Motmot
200     30%             h               2       Broad-Billed Motmot
201     90%             h               1       Rufous Motmot
203     90%     1       h                       Rufous-Tailed Jacamar
204     60%     1                       1       White-Necked Puffbird
209     30%     6                       1       Fiery-Billed Aracari
210     90%             6               17      Collared Aracari
212     100%            4               5       Keel-Billed Toucan
213     90%     4                       5       Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan
216     80%             1               4       Black-Cheeked Woodpecker
217     30%                     8               Acorn Woodpecker
218     30%     1                               Olivaceous Piculet
219     100%    5       2                       Hoffmann'S Woodpecker
220     50%                     5               Hairy Woodpecker
223     90%             1                       Golden-Olive Woodpecker
225     30%                             2       Chestnut-Colored Woodpecker
226     80%     1                               Lineated Woodpecker
227     90%     2                       4       Pale-Billed Woodpecker
229     60%             2                       Plain-Brown Woodcreeper
230     100%    1                       4       Wedge-Billed Woodcreeper
231     80%     1       1               1       Olivaceous Woodcreeper
232     80%     1                       1       Barred Woodcreeper
233     90%             1                       Buff-Throated Woodcreeper
234     90%             3                       Spotted Woodcreeper
235     100%    4                       2       Streak-Headed Woodcreeper
237     80%                     3               Spot-Crowned Woodcreeper
245     90%                     2               Streak-Breasted Treehunter
246     80%             2                       Buff-Throated Foliage-Gleaner
248     70%     2       2                       Plain Xenops
250     50%                             1       Great Antshrike
252     80%     5                               Black-Hooded Antshrike
256     80%             2                       Russet Antshrike
257     50%             2                       Checker-Throated Antwren
259     90%             3                       Slaty Antwren
260     80%     1                               Dot-Winged Antwren
261     100%    2       h                       Dusky Antbird
262     90%     1                       h       Chestnut-Backed Antbird
264     50%             4                       Immaculate Antbird
266     30%             1                       Spotted Antbird
273     80%     3                               Rufous Piha
274     50%                             1       Snowy Cotinga
278     80%                             1       Red-Capped Manakin
279     30%             5                       White-Crowned Manakin
281     80%     4                               Long-Tailed Manakin
282     50%             h               1       White-Ruffed Manakin
283     80%             4               1       White-Collared Manakin
284     80%     9                               Orange-Collared Manakin
285     20%             1                       Slaty-Capped Flycatcher
286     80%                             1       Olive-Striped Flycatcher
287     60%     1                               Slate-Headed Tody-Flycatcher
288     90%             2               3       Ochre-Bellied Flycatcher
289     90%     1       2               12      Common Tody-Flycatcher
290     30%     h       h               1       Black-Headed Tody-Flycatcher
291     100%    1       1                       Paltry Tyrannulet
292     20%                             3       Torrent Tyrannulet
293     30%                             2       Brown-Capped Tyrannulet
294     30%     1                               Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
296     90%     1       1       1       2       Yellow-Bellied Elaenia
298     90%                     2               Mountain Elaenia
299     80%                             1       Black-Capped Pygmy-Tyrant
300     90%             1                       Scale-Crested Pygmy-Tyrant
301     60%     2                               Northern Bentbill
305     50%     1                               Golden-Crowned Spadebill
306     80%     2               1       1       Yellow-Olive Flycatcher
307     50%                             1       Yellow-Margined Flycatcher
309     50%                     1               Ochraceous Pewee
310     50%                     2               Dark Pewee
311     90%                             1       Tropical Pewee
312     30%             1                       Eastern Wood-Pewee
313     50%     1                               Royal Flycatcher
314     20%     1                               Sulphur-Rumped Flycatcher
315     20%             1               2       Tawny-chested Flycatcher
316     30%     2                               Ruddy-Tailed Flycatcher
317     90%                     2       1       Tufted Flycatcher
318     60%     2                       1       Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher
319     60%                     1               Olive-Sided Flycatcher
321     90%                     1               Yellowish Flycatcher
322     20%                     4               Black Phoebe
323     30%     1                               Acadian Flycatcher
325     80%                     4               Black-Capped Flycatcher
326     80%                             3       Long-Tailed Tyrant
328     90%                             1       Bright-Rumped Attila
329     20%     2                               Panama Flycatcher
330     100%    20      4       2       5       Tropical Kingbird
331     90%     1       h               2       Dusky-Capped Flycatcher
333     80%     1                               Great Crested Flycatcher
334     80%     1                               Brown-Crested Flycatcher
335     80%     5                               Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
336     80%     10      4               5       Great Kiskadee
337     90%                             5       White-Ringed Flycatcher
338     50%     1                               Streaked Flycatcher
339     90%     3                               Sulphur-Bellied Flycatcher
340     100%    2       4               2       Social Flycatcher
341     100%    1               2       2       Boat-Billed Flycatcher
343     50%     3                       4       Piratic Flycatcher
344     80%                             5       Gray-Capped Flycatcher
345     100%    6       1               6       Cinnamon Becard
346     80%     2                               White-Winged Becard
347     80%     1                               Rose-Throated Becard
348     70%     1                       1       Black-Crowned Tityra
349     100%    3       2               6       Masked Tityra
350     90%                             1       Azure-Hooded Jay
352     100%    1       12              3       Brown Jay
354     90%     1               h               Rufous-Browed Peppershrike
355     80%                     1               Yellow-Winged Vireo
357     90%                             1       Yellow-Throated Vireo
358     100%                    3       1       Philadelphia Vireo
360     50%     2                               Red-Eyed Vireo
361     90%                     1               Brown-Capped Vireo
364     100%    7       1               2       Lesser Greenlet
365     80%                     2               Long-Tailed Silky-Flycatcher
370     80%                     1               Black-Billed Nightingale-Thrush
371     100%                    3       h       Black-Faced Solitaire
373     90%                     1               Ruddy-Capped Nightingale-Thrush
375     80%                             1       Wood Thrush
376     80%                     30              Sooty Robin
378     90%                     10              Mountain Robin
379     100%    2       5       30      13      Clay-Colored Robin
381     30%             1                       Gray Catbird
382     80%     5                               Rufous-Naped Wren
385     80%     1                               Rufous-Breasted Wren
387     90%             h               1       Stripe-Breasted Wren
388     30%     1                               Riverside Wren
390     80%                             5       Bay Wren
391     100%            1                       Plain Wren
393     90%             4               h       White-Breasted Wood-Wren
395     100%    h               7               Gray-Breasted Wood-Wren
397     100%                            2       House Wren
398     100%    2                       1       Tropical Gnatcatcher
403     90%     4                               Mangrove Swallow
405     90%                     150             Blue-And-White Swallow
406     100%    1                               Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
407     90%     2       1               8       Southern Rough-Winged Swallow
408     80%     20                              Barn Swallow
410     90%     3                               Long-Billed Gnatwren
413     50%                     2               Yellow-Bellied Siskin
414     20%             1                       Blue-winged Warbler
415     100%    3       10      1       1       Tennessee Warbler
416     90%     2                       1       Yellow Warbler
417     100%            1                       Golden-Winged Warbler
419     90%                     4               Black-Throated Green Warbler
421     80%                     2               Flame-Throated Parula
422     100%    1       15              14      Chestnut-Sided Warbler
423     30%     1                               American Redstart
424     90%     2                       3       Northern Waterthrush
428     80%     1                               Prothonotary Warbler
433     80%     1                               Kentucky Warbler
434     60%             1                       Mourning Warbler
435     90%     1       2                       Black-And-White Warbler
436     100%            1               3       Slate-Throated Redstart
437     20%     1                               Hooded Warbler
438     90%     1       2       25      2       Wilson'S Warbler
439     100%                    15              Collared Redstart
441     50%                     2               Volcano Junco
442     100%    3               30      10      Rufous-Collared Sparrow
443     50%                     1               Wrenthrush
446     90%             2               1       Golden-Crowned Warbler
447     80%     1                               Striped-Headed Sparrow
448     30%                     1               Black-Cheeked Warbler
449     80%                             2       Buff-Rumped Warbler
451     100%            h               4       Orange-Billed Sparrow
454     100%            1               2       Black-Striped Sparrow
455     90%                     2               Yellow-Thighed Finch
457     50%                             2       Sooty-Faced Finch
459     100%                            6       Common Bush-Tanager
460     90%                     25              Sooty-Capped Bush-Tanager
462     100%            2       1       1       Bananaquit
463     70%             2                       Olive Tanager
465     80%     1                               White-Shouldered Tanager
466     90%                             1       Dusky-Faced Tanager
469     80%             3               2       White-Lined Tanager
470     90%             2               4       Red-Throated Ant-Tanager
471     100%    1       2       1       4       Summer Tanager
473     50%                     4               Flame-Colored Tanager
474     90%     6       8               16      Scarlet-Rumped Tanager
475     60%                             1       Crimson-Collared Tanager
476     100%    1       1               8       Palm Tanager
477     100%    5       15      1       12      Blue-Gray Tanager
479     20%     1                               Spotted-crowned Euphonia
480     80%                             2       Yellow-Crowned Euphonia
481     50%     2                               Scrub Euphonia
484     30%                             3       Plain-Colored Tanager
486     80%             2               8       Olive-Backed Euphonia
487     60%     5       1               1       White-Vented Euphonia
488     90%                             1       Tawny-Capped Euphonia
490     100%                            4       Silver-Throated Tanager
491     60%                             1       Speckled Tanager
493     90%                     4       1       Spangle-Cheeked Tanager
494     80%                             3       Bay-Headed Tanager
495     90%                             1       Scarlet-Thighed Dacnis
496     60%                             1       Blue Dacnis
497     100%    2       3               6       Golden-Hooded Tanager
498     80%             2               4       Green Honeycreeper
499     90%                             4       Shining Honeycreeper
500     60%     3                               Red-Legged Honeycreeper
501     100%    12              3               Blue-Black Grassquit
502     60%     2                               White-Collared Seedeater
503     100%    5       2               15      Variable Seedeater
504     20%                             1       Pink-Billed Seed-Finch
505     60%                     2               Lesser Seed-Finch
506     100%            8                       Yellow-Faced Grassquit
507     80%                     2               Slaty Flower-Piercer
508     90%                             2       Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
509     60%                     1               Black-Thighed Grosbeak
510     100%    2       3               3       Buff-Throated Saltator
511     30%                             2       Grayish Saltator
512     90%             2               2       Black-Headed Saltator
513     80%                             3       Black-Faced Grosbeak
515     70%     1                               Blue-Black Grosbeak
519     20%                             3       Yellow-tailed Oriole
520     90%             1                       Chestnut-Headed Oropendola
521     90%             15              38      Montezuma Oropendola
522     90%             h               3       Scarlet-Rumped Cacique
523     60%             1                       Yellow-Billed Cacique
525     80%     1       4       1       2       Baltimore Oriole
526     60%                             3       Black-Cowled Oriole
528     100%    2                               Eastern Meadowlark
530     100%    30      10              10      Great-Tailed Grackle
531     90%             3                       Bronzed Cowbird
532     30%             1               1       Giant Cowbird
 

Birds Heard Only

index   prob    T       R       S       L       species
3       70%             h                       Little Tinamou
63      30%      h                              Gray-Necked Wood-Rail
145     20%                     h               Dusky Nightjar
208     90%                     h               Emerald Toucanet
238     60%             h                       Slaty Spinetail
239     30%             h                       Brown-Billed Scythebill
270     50%     h                               Streak-chested Antpitta
271     80%             h                       Fulvous-Bellied Antpitta
353     60%     h                               Green Shrike-Vireo
372     90%             h                       Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
384     70%             h                       Black-Throated Wren
389     80%     h                               Rufous-And-White Wren
399     90%     h                               Southern Nightingale-Wren
402    50%                             h       Northern Nightingale-Wren
418     90%             h                       Tropical Parula
489     90%             h       h               Golden-Browed Chlorophonia
529     30%                     h               Melodious Blackbird

Birds I Missed and others saw

index   prob    T       R       S       L       species
107     20%             *                       Purplish-backed Quail-Dove
254     90%             *                       Plain Antvireo
383     90%                             *       Band-Backed Wren
426     30%             *                       Worm-Eating Warbler

Birds not seen or heard by me or others

index   prob    T       R       S       L       species
2       50%                                     Highland Tinamou
6       30%                                     Least Grebe
8       30%                                     Brown Booby
10      30%                                     Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck
26      50%                                     Green Ibis
39      50%                                     White Hawk
52      60%                                     Laughing Falcon
53      50%                                     Collared Forest-Falcon
54      50%                                     Barred Forest-Falcon
55      30%                                     Bat Falcon
56      30%                                     Peregrine Falcon
59      90%                                     Black Guan
60      30%                                     Great Curassow
65      30%                                     Common Moorhen
66      30%                                     Sungrebe
70      50%                                     Lesser Yellowlegs
72      30%                                     Short-Billed Dowitcher
75      80%                                     Sanderling
78      30%                                     Semipalmated Sandpiper
80      30%                                     American Oystercatcher
85      50%                                     Collared Plover
86      30%                                     Killdeer
87      80%                                     Franklin'S Gull
89      30%                                     Black Tern
91      50%                                     Elegant Tern
93      50%                                     Common Tern
94      30%                                     Least Tern
95      30%                                     Black Skimmer
97      30%                                     Scaled Pigeon
102     90%                                     Ruddy Pigeon
103     50%                                     White-Winged Dove
109     50%                                     Buff-Fronted Quail-Dove
110     50%                                     Olive-Backed Quail-Dove
111     50%                                     Chiriqui Quail-Dove
114     30%                                     Great Green Macaw
119     70%                                     Sulphur-Winged Parakeet
120     50%                                     Barred Parakeet
130     60%                                     Striped Cuckoo
132     50%                                     Bare-Shanked Screech-Owl
133     30%                                     Vermiculated Screech-Owl
136     50%                                     Spectacled Owl
137     30%                                     Crested Owl
144     30%                                     Short-Tailed Nighthawk
146     60%                                     Chestnut-Collared Swift
148     50%                                     Black Swift
149     30%                                     Band-Tailed Barbthroat
153     50%                                     Lesser Swallow-Tailed Swift
166     30%                                     Black-Crested Coquette
167     80%                                     Fork-Tailed Emerald
170     30%                                     Mangrove Hummingbird
171     80%                                     Steely-Vented Hummingbird
174     80%                                     Stripe-Tailed Hummingbird
183     80%                                     Magenta-Throated Woodstar
187     30%                                     Lattice-Tailed Trogon
192     80%                                     Orange-Bellied Trogon
196     50%                                     Belted Kingfisher
202     80%                                     Blue-Crowned Motmot
205     80%                                     White-Fronted Nunbird
206     50%                                     Red-Headed Barbet
207     90%                                     Prong-Billed Barbet
211     30%                                     Yellow-Eared Toucanet
214     30%                                     Golden-Naped Woodpecker
215     90%                                     Red-Crowned Woodpecker
221     50%                                     Smoky-Brown Woodpecker
222     30%                                     Rufous-Winged Woodpecker
224     30%                                     Cinnamon Woodpecker
228     30%                                     Tawny-Winged Woodcreeper
236     50%                                     Black-Striped Woodcreeper
240     80%                                     Red-Faced Spinetail
241     80%                                     Ruddy TreeRunner
242     90%                                     Spotted Barbtail
243     50%                                     Buffy TuftedCheek
244     50%                                     Lineated Foliage-Gleaner
247     50%                                     Streaked Xenops
249     30%                                     Fasciated Antshrike
251     80%                                     Barred Antshrike
253     50%                                     Western Slaty Antshrike
255     30%                                     Streak-Crowned Antvireo
258     30%                                     White-Flanked Antwren
263     30%                                     Dull-Mantled Antbird
265     50%                                     Bicolored Antbird
267     90%                                     Black-Faced Antthrush
268     50%                                     Ocellated Antbird
269     30%                                     Black-Headed Antthrush
272     90%                                     Silvery-Fronted Tapaculo
275     50%                                     Purple-Throated Fruitcrow
276     30%                                     Bare-Necked Umbrellabird
277     90%                                     Three-Wattled Bellbird
280     30%                                     Blue-Crowned Manakin
295     60%                                     Yellow Tyrannulet
297     50%                                     Southern Scrub-Flycatcher
302     80%                                     Stub-Tailed Spadebill
303     30%                                     Eye-Ringed Flatbill
304     80%                                     White-Throated Spadebill
308     50%                                     Western Wood-Pewee
320     30%                                     Willow Flycatcher
324     30%                                     Alder Flycatcher
327     50%                                     Rufous Mourner
332     30%                                     Eastern Kingbird
342     90%                                     Golden-Bellied Flycatcher
351     50%                                     White-Throated Magpie-Jay
356     50%                                     Mangrove Vireo
359     60%                                     Yellow-Green Vireo
362     50%                                     Scrub Greenlet
363     60%                                     Tawny-Crowned Greenlet
366     90%                                     Black-And-Yellow Silky-Flycatcher
367     80%                                     American Dipper
368     80%                                     Slaty-Backed Nightingale-Thrush
369     80%                                     Orange-Billed Nightingale-Thrush
374     90%                                     Swainson'S Thrush
377     80%                                     Pale-Vented Thrush
380     80%                                     White-Throated Thrush
386     80%                                     Black-Bellied Wren
392     30%                                     Banded Wren
394     80%                                     Timberline Wren
396     30%                                     White-Lored Gnatcatcher
400     80%                                     Ochraceous Wren
401     50%                                     Song Wren
404     90%                                     Gray-Breasted Martin
409     30%                                     Cliff Swallow
411     30%                                     Tawny-Faced Gnatwren
412     80%                                     House Sparrow
420     30%                                     Magnolia Warbler
425     90%                                     Blackburnian Warbler
427     60%                                     Louisiana Waterthrush
429     60%                                     Olive-Crowned Yellowthroat
430     30%                                     Cerulean Warbler
431     60%                                     Gray-Crowned Yellowthroat
432     30%                                     Bay-Breasted Warbler
440     50%                                     Canada Warbler
444     50%                                     Rufous-Capped Warbler
445     90%                                     Three-Striped Warbler
450     80%                                     White-Eared Ground-Sparrow
452     80%                                     Yellow-Throated Brush-Finch
453     30%                                     Olive Sparrow
456     80%                                     Large-Footed Finch
458     80%                                     Chestnut-Capped Brush-Finch
461     30%                                     Ashy-Throated Bush-Tanager
464     60%                                     Black-And-Yellow Tanager
467     50%                                     Gray-Headed Tanager
468     50%                                     Tawny-Crested Tanager
472     80%                                     Hepatic Tanager
478     30%                                     Blue-And-Gold Tanager
482     50%                                     Thick-Billed Euphonia
483     60%                                     Yellow-Throated Euphonia
485     90%                                     Blue-Hooded Euphonia
492     60%                                     Emerald Tanager
514     50%                                     Slate-Colored Grosbeak
516     30%                                     Indigo Bunting
517     30%                                     Painted Bunting
518     30%                                     Blue Grosbeak
524     100%                                    Orchard Oriole
527     30%                                     Red-Winged Blackbird

Tom Bishop
bish@home.com
Placentia, CA
 



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