YELLOW-GREEN VIREO, HOTEL BOUGAINVILLEA, CANTON DE SANTO DOMINGO, HEREDIA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/2/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,036 TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this bird as a Yellow-green Vireo as follows:

• Yellow on sides of breast and flanks (much more yellow than very similar Red-eyed Vireo)
• Grayish-whitish underparts
• Yellowish on face
• May be a juvenile Yellow-green Vireo as what we can see of the upperparts (some of the wing) is brownish

   The Yellow-green Vireo is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1036.

 

HOFFMAN WOODPECKER PREEN(NG ITSELF, HOTEL BOUGAINVILLEA, CANTON DE SANTO DOMINGO, HEREDIA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/2/2022

 

CINNAMON-BELLIED SALTATOR, HOTEL BOUGAINVILLEA, CANTON DE SANTO DOMINGO, HEREDIA PROVINCE, 10/2/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,035 TO LIFE LIST

   Even though it is not a great photo, we can still ID this tanager as a Cinnamon-bellied Saltator as follows:

• Grayish head, breast and as much as you can see of the upperparts
• You can just make out some of its whitish throat
• Gray tail
• Cinnamon belly (can only see a small section) and undertail coverts

   The Cinnamon-bellied Saltator is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,035.

 

EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, HOTEL BOUGAINVILLEA, CANTON DE SANTO DOMINGO, HEREDIA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA. 10/2/2022

 

VARIEGATED SQUIRREL, HOTEL BOUGAINVILLEA, CANTON DE SANTO DOMINGO, HEREDIA PROVINCE,10/2/2022

 

GRAY-HEADED CHACHALACA, HOTEL BOUGAINVILLEA, CANTON DE SANTO DOMINGO, HEREDIA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/2/2022

 

LESSON'S MOTMOT, HOTEL BOUGAINVILLEA, CANTON DE SANTO DOMINGO, HEREDIA PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/2/2022