Throughout Central America and the northern half of South America you can find this beautiful tropical bird: Blue-gray Tanager, Thraupis episcopus (linked to my gallery) where there are 84 of my photos from 18 different locations in Costa Rica. You can also read about on eBird. This was a favorite shot at Banana Azul this year . . .
I now have the Banana Azul BIRDS 2024 Gallery completed with 19 species this year without going to any of the parks or reserves! 🙂 Just click that linked title above to see them all!
¡Pura Vida!
We had 2 of them and 2 Baltimore orioles yesterday in the feeder. A couple of my favorites. Unfortunately they both seem shy and are intimidated by other birds. Had to fill fruit feeder twice yesterday. Then chachalacas arrived when I wasn’t looking. They are like hungry flying pigs at dinner call. 😁😵💫
Have you observed clay colored thrushes loudly clacking their beaks to chase away other birds ? We see this regularly but have not seen it with other birds.
No, I haven’t observed that with the thrushes, but maybe because I don’t have a fruit feeder. Not seeing as many birds as in the past but I did photograph a Lineated Woodpecker this morning which will eventually make the blog. And soon I will be finished with the Caribe photos and start back on what I get here. K planted a bed of Zinnias next to my top of wall garden which are just starting to bloom, so I expect to get a lot of butterflies, though the peak season is over. Thank you Steve for reading my blog! (And I think you will particularly like tomorrow’s post on the election.) 🙂