Daily Archives: December 20, 2018

Prong-billed Barbet

Soon after La Paz Waterfall Gardens, just over the continental divide in the Central Volcanic Range, on the way from San Jose, Costa Rica to the lowland rainforest on the Caribbean side, there is a little Soda, a mom and pop restaurant, perched on the sheer drop-off where they have feeders out back on a high deck that overlooks the San Francisco Waterfall. It is often a good place for Tanagers, Hummingbirds, Barbets, and the occasional Emerald Toucanet, plus they serve coffee and snacks. I have never seen the Toucanet there, but this year there were a few Prong-billed Barbets hanging out…a life-bird for me…and everyone else on both the back-to-back ZEISS Birding and Point and Shoot Nature Photography trips (except for the local guides, of course 🙂 As Barbets go, the Prong-billed is not spectacular…with its olive and brown color pattern, and its large silver bill, but it is a good bird none-the-less. Sony RX10iv at 600mm. Anti-motion Blur mode (to compensate for the low light under the heavy tree cover and cloudy sky). Processed in Polarr.