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Posts Tagged "Vermivora chrysoptera"

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)

Posted on Mar 21, 2016

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)

Here’s another close-up of the Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) that RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser caught a couple weeks ago in his nets in Costa Rica. This is a bird he never imagined being able to capture at Rara Avis.

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Golden-winged Warbler

Posted on Mar 14, 2016

Golden-winged Warbler

RTPI President Twan Leenders and RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser, among other friends and colleagues, are back from a very productive and thrilling trip to Costa Rica. They saw or netted a tremendous variety of species, and Sean thinks the most amazing was catch was a neotropical migrant bird – this Golden-winged Warbler. He waited a long time to see a Golden-winged Warbler, his favorite warbler in North America, ironically finally netting one in Costa Rica. Spectacular bird!

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