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.

 

JUVENILE BLACK-CAPPED FLYCATCHER, ROUTE 219, WITHIN SEVERAL MILES OF ENTRANCE TO IRAZU VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/3/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,047 TO LIFE LIST4

   Even though this is a poor photo, we can ID this tyrant flycatcher as a juvenile Black-capped Flycatcher as follows:

• Full black cap that includes the eyes
• Seen in Costa Rica highlands.  It is endemic to Costa Rica and Panama highlands
• Whitish eyering
• Brownish upperparts (juvenile).  Because of poor lighting we can just bearly make out one of its wing bars
• Whitish throat
• Pale buffish-cinnamon underpants

   The Black-capped Flycatcher is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,047.

 

FEMALE SOOTY THRUSH, ROUTE 219, WITHIN SEVERAL MILES OF ENTRANCE TO IRAZU VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/3/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,046 TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this bird as a female Sooty Thrush as follows:

• Yellow-orange bill
• Brownish head with dark face mask, otherwise brownish and gray

   The Sooty Thrush is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,046.

 

MALE SLATY FLOWERPIERCER, ROUTE 219, WITHIN SEVERAL MILES OF ENTRANCE TO IRAZU VOLCANO NATIONAL PARK, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/3/2022 - NEW SPECIES # 1,045 TO LIFE LIST

     We can ID this bird as a male Slaty Flowerpiercer as follows:

• Upper mandible of bill is noticebly hooked and lower mandible is upturned (see 2nd photo)
• Overall plain gray, with head, wings we can see and tail a darker gray than light gray underparts
• Dark eyes

   The Slaty Flowerpiercer is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,045.

 

CATTLE EGRET, ROUTE 408, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/3/2022

 

BLACK PHOEBE, ROUTE 408, CARTAGO PROVINCE, COSTA RICA, 10/3/2022

 

AERIAL ROOTS OF PHILODENDRON, RIO MACHO FOREST RESERVE, CARTAGO, COSTA RICA, 10/3/2022