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