This common, little bushy-headed flycatcher lives all over Costa Rica on both slopes up to 1,800 meters, but generally stays inconspicuous and I rarely get to photograph him, though my Yellow-bellied Elaenia GALLERY has shots from 6 different locations over Costa Rica now, including multiple times in my garden. I was sitting on the porch of my little cabin at Macaw Lodge during and after a shower when these two came to a nearby tree for a few minutes. More patience and more sitting would probably give me more bird photos! 🙂 The Yellow-bellied Elaenia lives from Mexico south through all of Central America and much of South America. Read about him on eBird with the scientific name Elaenia flavogaster. Another refreshing bird find at Macaw Lodge!
Continue reading “Yellow-bellied Elaenia”The Last Birds from Rancho Naturalista (Maybe)
Green Thorntail Hummingbird Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
Yellow-bellied Elaenia Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
Black-cheeked Woodpecker Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica 3rd species of woodpeckers at this one place. Lots of bugs to eat! 🙂 |
Brown Jay Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
Yellow-crowned Euphonia Female or Yellow Warbler Female Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
Gray-headed Chachalaca Better shot than one posted the first day. |
Green Thorntail Hummingbird Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica Different day, different bird and look than top of this post |
Black-headed Saltator Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
Black-headed Saltator Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica A totally different look than the photo before this, but same bird! |
Social Flycatcher Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
Bumble Bee (I think – no ID source) Rancho Naturalista, Tuis, Costa Rica |
If interested, I reviewed both Rancho Naturalista and CATIE on TripAdvisor with a few of the photos, though they are “pending” as I write this, possibly for screening of some kind.
I heard the sweet voice of a robin, High up in the maple tree, Joyously, singing his happy song To his feathered mate, in glee!…
If we could be like this tiny bird, Just living from day to day, Holding no bitterness in our hearts For those we meet on our way…
~Gertrude Tooley Buckingham, “Heaven on Earth” (1940s)
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Atenas, Costa Rica (Cool hair-do, huh?) |
Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Atenas, Costa Rica Both shots from my breakfast table on the balcony |
For the birders seeing this, I studied dozens of photos of both the Yellow-bellied Elaenia and the Dusky-capped Flycatcher before I determined this identification. I’m satisfied but never positive about my identification of birds, especially these grayish tan ones! The breast is much more yellow than these two photos show, which is a factor. He would not face me!