Scarlet Macaws

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Scarlet Macaws, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

A scarlet macaw pair at a nest cavity, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Harris’s Hawk

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Harris’s hawk, Tortolita Mountains, Marana, near Tucson, Arizona.

One of four Harris’s hawks visiting us at the Desert Photo Retreat yesterday. It is fun watching these cooperative hunters!

What was really interesting, these hawks like to bath in my water hole. This is about 30 feet from one of my feeders, and the hawks presence has no effect on the bird activity at the feeders. In fact, there were some birds visiting the water hole within a few feet of the hawks. Now has these been a bird killing raptor such as a sharp-shinned or coopers, it would have been lights out as the birds all fled for their lives. It in interesting how they can tell the difference.

I still haven’t had a chance to share any photo from my second Costa Rica photo tour – a tour that was just as productive as my first. So hopefully you won’t mind more Costa Rica photos!

Great Curassow

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Great curassow, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
Great curassow, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

I had been keen to visit another lodge on the coast about an hour from where we are staying because they showed photos of the great curassow – a bird I thought was really striking! Fortunately, we found a couple of pairs last week here on the Osa Peninsula! The Merlin app considers this a rare bird. The male has the black head and yellow beak; the female is brown.