The Sea Turtle
Biological Station Macaw survey is a good opportunity to observe species that
are currently migrating using the river and canals surrounding Tortuguero. The
skies today were alive with Hirundines all of which seemed in a great hurry to
get somewhere.
There was a handful of
Laughing Gull today. This is normally a family I don’t get too excited about
(with c10000 daily in the winter at Beddington Farm) but these were the first
gulls I have seen on this trip so a very small celebration was in order.
The Macaws were
absent in the morning as Chris (Netherlands) and I kept watch. The Macaws arrived
just prior to the beginning of the afternoon survey and were present for a good
part of the afternoon. The largest group was twenty three Green who appeared
from behind the Biological before landing in the trees on the west bank.
A Mangrove Swallow
was judged as photo of the day. It was rather obliging sitting on the roof of a
tourist charter boat taking brief circular flights to hawk insects.
A juvenile
Bare-throated Heron kept the observers company as it fished from under the
overhanging trees. Little Blue Heron and Snowy Egret were also added to the
trip list.
Migrants of the day
came in an untidy procession of circa,one hundred Common Nighthawk. This was a
truly amazing spectacle of birds and a species I had not seen in such numbers
before! This is a regular event along the Caribbean lowlands.
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