BUTTERFLY GARDEN, ECOCENTRO DANAUS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, LA FORTUNA, SAN CARLOS, COSTA RICA

EMERALD BASILISK LIZARD, ECOCENTRO DANAUS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, LA FORTUNA, SAN CARLOS, COSTA RICA

FEMALE RUFOUS-TAILED JACAMAR, MYSTICO HANGING BRIDGES PARK, LA FORTUNA, SAN CARLOS, COSTA RICA

PURPLISH-BACKED QUAIL-DOVE, MYSTICO HANGING BRIDGES PARK, LA FORTUNA, SAN CARLOS, COSTA RICA

   These were difficult photos to take, as the quail-dove was moving fast on the ground in the bush.  Our tour guide, Erick, got a good enough look at it to identify it as a Purplish-backed Quail-Dove.  In the first photo you can see enough of the face to see black moustachial stripe constrasting strongly with the pale face of this species.

   The Purplish-backed Quail-Dove is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 180.

FEMALE WHITE-THROATED SHRIKE-TANAGER, MYSTICO HANGING BRIDGES PARK, LA FORTUNA, SAN CARLOS, COSTA RICA

   The White-throated Shrike-Tanager is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 179.

FEMALE SMOKEY-BROWN WOODPECKER, MYSTICO HANGING BRIDGES PARK, LA FORTUNA, SAN CARLOS, COSTA RICA

   The Smokey-brown Woodpecker is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 178.

MOLTING FEMALE GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE, PARQUE FRANCISCO ALVARADO, ZARCERO, COSTA RICA