A whimbrel with a worm for carry out for #birdoftheday. Cocos Island, Costa Rica. #birds #birding #cocosisland#costarica

Espírito Santo or white tern chick nested in a local ironwood tree on Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. #birds #birding #costarica #cocosisland #naturephotography

“Guide to the #Birds of #CocosIsland” by Arias & Montoya may technically be a book, but in reality, it is a treasure island map leading you to a certain spot in the Pacific Ocean, 550 km off the coast of #CostaRica
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#birding 🐦🐦🐦 #endemics #BirdBook #fieldguide 📚

Red-billed tropibird flying with the boat in the eastern pacific off Costa Rica. #birds #birding #costarica #cocosisland #naturephotography

Cocos booby flying with the boat in the eastern pacific off Costa Rica. #birds #birding #costarica #cocosisland #naturephotography

#CocosIsland is a volcanic 24 km2 island, a #CostaRica n National Park shrouded in 2 main vegetation types: tropical rainforest & tropical cloud forest. Inhabited by 181 bird species, of which 3 are found nowhere else on Earth
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#birding 🐦🐦🐦 #endemics #BirdBooks 📚

Dragan recommends Guide to the Birds of #CocosIsland /Guia de las aves de la #IsladelCoco by Arias & Montoya. It may technically be a book, but in reality, it is a treasure island map leading you to a certain spot in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of #CostaRica
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A once in a lifetime photo op with a leucistic Cocos Finch from Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Endemic to the 24 square mile island located in the Pacific Ocean. Maybe the first of its kind ever recorded. I got exactly one shot before it flew off. #birding #nature #cocosisland #costarica