The diversity of birds in Costa Rica is quite astonishing. I've been here for over five weeks now and I am still seeing new species everyday. Yesterday, my first
Magenta-throated Woodstar perched up nicely in a hummingbird garden. During my survey over in the Chispa Valley, my first
Mourning Warbler skulked about in scrub near the river, and a
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet perched up nicely. Today, a male
Indigo Bunting called deep from within cover, before flying over a field into more cover, showing off its royal blue plumage. This is a rare wintering passerine in Costa Rica, with only a hand full of records from the reserve, so I was lucky to see it.
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Magenta-throated Woodstar - note the longer tail than
the other similar small hummingbirds.
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Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet - a charismatic species
with a somewhat out of proportion head and beak.
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| Slaty-capped Flycatcher |
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Eryphanis aesacus buboculus (male) - a very
large butterfly that has a royal blue upper wing.
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Rainbow Eucalyptus
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