DANCING LADY ORCHIDS, COFFEE PLANTATION, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/4/2022

 

COFFEE PLANT WITH BERRIES, COFFEE PLANTATION, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/4/2022

   Each coffee berry contains two seeds which eventually become coffee.

 

OUR BIRDING GUIDE, ERNESTO, ROASTING COFFEE BEANS ON HIS FAMILY'S COFFEE PLANTATION, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/4/2022

 

ROADSIDE HAWK, UJARRAS NORTE, AJENJAL, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/4/2022

 

MALE HOOK-BILLED KITE, UJARRAS NORTE, AJENJAL, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/4/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,050 TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this raptor as a male Hook-billed Kite as follows:

• Very large, hooked bill
• Pale iris
• Yellow-orange legs
• Greenish-yellow cere and lore
• Dark gray underpants with horizontal whitish streaks
• Lighter gray throat

   The Hook-billed Kite is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,050.

 

LAKE CACHI HYDROPOWER DAM, CANTON DE PARAISO, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/4/2022

 

HAPPY FACE EGGS FOR BREAKFAST, HOTEL QUELITALES RESERVAS, CANTON DE PARAISO, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/4/2022