Costa Rica Playa Potrero Birding

Over the past few days I have spent a decent amount of time birding over at Playa Potrero, a beach near Las Catalinas. See yesterday’s post for maps. While all beaches may have herons and other seabirds, this beach is nice because of the small lagoon in which fish get trapped at low tide. The local heron population and a few kingfishers are very aware of this fact. In addition the beach tends to attract a local crowd. Thus, when I visited early Sunday morning there were lots of locals fishing the surf, but on Monday I had almost one mile of beach to myself! Birding is better on weekdays because fewer people are around.

Anyhow … the Herons of Playa Potrero (and some other friends)

One of my very enjoyable tasks while down here in Costa Rica is updating my Costa Rican Birding Book … The Birds of Las Catalinas (Free full copy PDF’s of Version 1 are available). While the major focus of the book is the birds of this region, Version 2 will also cover El Viejo Wetlands and the Rainforest Highlands. Full copies of Release #2 will also be freely available as a PDF Download.

Brown Pelican