HAPPY FACE EGGS FOR BREAKFAST, HOTEL QUELITALES RESERVAS, CANTON DE PARAISO, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/4/2022

 

FEMALE GOLDEN-OLIVE WOODPECKER, HOTEL QUELITALES RESERVAS, CANTON DE PARAISO, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/4/2022

 

GREAT KISKADEE, HOTEL QUELITALES RESERVAS, CANTON DE PARAISO, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/4/2022

 

MALE YELLOW-THROATED EUPHONIA, HOTEL QUELITALES RESERVAS, CANTON DE PARAISO, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/4/2022

 

DUSKY NIGHTJAR, ROUTE 219, WITHIN SEVERAL MILES OF ENTRANCE TO IRAZU VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/3/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,049 TO LIFE LIST

   Photographed by flashlight via digiscoping with cell phone. We can ID this nightjar as a Dusky Nightjar as follows:

• Small and brownish with white markings
• Limited to highlands of central Costa Rica to westermost Panama
• Heard its voice: ''whip, wee-per-wee!''

   The Dusky Nightjar is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,049.

 

SUNSET AND THE MOON FROM ROUTE 219 NEAR ENTRANCE TO IRAZU VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/3/2022

 

MALE ACORN WOODPECKER, ROUTE 219, WITHIN SEVERAL MILES OF ENTRANCE TO IRAZU VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/3/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,048 TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this woodpecker as an male Acorn Woodpecker as follows:

• Clown-faced woodpecker
• Red crown and white forehead
• Black and white face with white eyes
• Breast is white with black streaking
• Wings are dark with white patches

   The Acorn Woodpecker is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,048.