I also got much better views of the White-billed Woodpecker which is shown above.After another great breakfast we set off for the beach, I took my scope this time and during a lunch time walk to the mangrove swamp I added a couple more species.
Several Inca Doves were feeding on the grass verges these tiny doves allowed a close approach, when they fly a lovely rufous patch can be seen in their wings, smashing bird.
I almost trod on a small flock of waders on a shingle spit near the mangroves. There were about 10 Least Sandpipers, shown below, and a single Semi-palmated Sandpiper shown above. A few Spotted Sandpipers were also seen. The usual Brown Pelicans, Magnificent Frigate and Brown Booby were flying over the bay. Another two species arrived in the mangroves: Belted Kingfisher , a female with its two bands across the breast and a Green-backed Heron, both good sightings but photos were bad.
The Green-backed Heron which was found skuling at the edge of the mangrove stream on Mauel Antonio beach.
A couple of the 10 or so Least Sandpipers seen today.At 3pm we left the beach and after a short stop at our hotel we set off in the car to Quepos to look for a parakeet roost. We failed to find the roost but instead found a Grackle roost with hundreds of these noisey blighters flying around.
As a beautiful red sun dropped over the pacific horizon we logged a few terns on the sand spit which include Royal, Elegant, Sandwich and Common, with Willets and laughing Gulls. Two new species then flew out of a mangrove swamp: White Ibis and Wood Stork, a nice end to the day.
Laughing Gulls, Royal Terns and Sandwich Terns.
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