March – Bird Nesting Season

Dry season is bird nesting season. Especially in March many birds are nesting and new chicks are being born. It’s an excellent time to go birding around the Osa Peninsula. Even right on Botánika’s property you can find many different bird species that live here year-around or migrate through.

Below is an example of a bird list created on the Botanika property by one of our Eco-guides.

Crocodilebay,Aeropuerto Este, Puerto Jiménez, Puntarenas Province, CR (8.537, -83.299), Puntarenas, CR
Apr 16, 2018 7:02 AM – 9:14 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.91 mile(s)
33 species

Magnificent Frigatebird 1
Cattle Egret 12
Green Heron 1
Boat-billed Heron 6
Roseate Spoonbill 1
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 2
Roadside Hawk 1
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail 2
Ruddy Ground-Dove 2
White-collared Swift 1
American Pygmy Kingfisher 1
Yellow-throated Toucan 2
Red-crowned Woodpecker 1
Orange-chinned Parakeet 10
Scarlet Macaw 12
Cocoa Woodcreeper 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Great Kiskadee 1
Boat-billed Flycatcher 2
Social Flycatcher 1
Streaked Flycatcher 2
Tropical Kingbird 1
Black-crowned Tityra 2
Riverside Wren 4
Swainson’s Thrush 1
Clay-colored Thrush 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Cherrie’s Tanager 2
Blue-gray Tanager 2
Red-legged Honeycreeper 1
Variable Seedeater 3
Bananaquit 2