Costa Rica: Nature's Showcase

A tour of Costa Rica, looking at a selection of the fabulous wildlife in this species-rich Central American country.

[@susanschmitz4110]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing this 😊

[@TaintedMango]

Magnificent Costa Rica - I will be back!! Thanks, my new friend, for sharing these beautiful images

[@davidtipping1370]

Glad you enjoyed the video - I too hope to be back before my days are done!

[@ikaeksen]

8:26 the shine make them look holy.

[@johnhale9821]

Many years since my wife and I spent a wonderful two weeks there recording the birds and other wildlife, a wonderful experience, John and Penny Hale

[@davidtipping1370]

It's 5 years to the day since we were there. A fabulous country and we hope to return!

[@mavisbarber8117]

Very nice video, interesting to see the birds etc in Costa Rica

[@davidtipping1370]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

[@richardperkins422]

The bird right before the acorn woodpecker was a tennessee warbler

[@davidtipping1370]

Thanks Richard.

[@64jsanchez]

Beautiful video....

[@davidtipping1370]

Thank you.

[@lakshmitara5088]

👌🌷👌🌷👌

[@StevenRash]

Bird at 15:45 is a Tennessee Warbler!

[@davidtipping1370]

Thanks Steven. I've had the identity confirmed by other sources since the video was made.

[@StevenRash]

Cool! Thanks for the video. My wife and I are headed down there for our honeymoon in January! Hope to see many of the wonderful species you featured.

[@lecharisme]

Very nice video for confined people ! 27:37 It may be a female of black hooded antshrike.

[@lecharisme]

28:37 sorry

[@davidtipping1370]

Thanks Antoine. I'm always grateful for a bit of help with identifications!

[@elizabethblock5462]

Lovely. I think your unidentified bird is a Warbling Vireo.

[@davidtipping1370]

Thanks Elizabeth. Somebody else suggested the bird was a Tennessee Warbler - these little brown jobs can be very confusing!

[@griffynleyshon2892]

I believe it is actually a yellow-green vireo. In latin America the yellow-greens are more common, with the closely related, and similar looking red eyed vireos also migrating through the area on their way to North American breeding grounds.

[@jeanchateauvert8149]

hi David and the kingfisher is an amazon kingfisher

[@davidtipping1370]

Thanks Jean - it was a case of information overload during the holiday so there may be a few incorrect identifications in there.

[@sajansmailbox7516]

Hai David Can you suggests me some good Birding lodges in Costa rica to stay and birding

[@davidtipping1370]

Hi Sajan, We went with HF Holidays and stayed in 4 different hotels/lodges, all of which offered excellent birding and plenty of other wildlife too. Details here: www.hfholidays.co.uk/holidays-and-tours/costa-rica Our leader during the holiday was Noel Urena, who also offers private birding tours through his Tropical Feathers website. I cannot recommend him highly enough; what he doesn't know about the birds of Costa Rica isn't worth knowing. This is his website: www.costaricabirdingtours.com/

[@sajansmailbox7516]

@@davidtipping1370 thanks a lot mate. I will make a look

[@jeanchateauvert5734]

not great kiskadee the first bird but looks like social kiskadee

[@davidtipping1370]

Thanks Jean, I wasn't certain about all the identifications and might have a few others wrong too.

[@MrNito1972]

It is a social flycatcher

[@joshdewitt8796]

I bet you watch Greg Baker

[@davidtipping1370]

Never heard of him, to be honest!