A Sharpbill on the nest, incubating | the Internet Bird Collection

I just added this video to The Internet Bird Collection. While taken over a year ago, I think it is important enough to document. The discovery of the nest was an important ornithological find and the pictures and videos that we took were the first ever taken anywhere in the world.

A Sharpbill on the nest, incubating | the Internet Bird Collection

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Sharpbill Nest

Last year in Costa Rica at Tapanti National Park, with our guide Randall Ortega Chavez, we saw the Sharpbill, a difficult bird to see. Randall followed the bird to find it go to its nest. This was the first sighting of the Sharpbill nest since a sighting in Brazil many years ago and the first sighting of a nest in Costa Rica. It was reported to the Museum of Natural History and many local birders went to the sight to record the event and take pictures of the nest and the nestlings. It was very exciting to be a part of this important ornithological discovery.