Thursday 27 March 2008

Summer Tanager

Summer Tanager, Costa Rica, February 2007

Yellow-thighed Finch

Yellow-thighed Finch, Costa Rica, February 2007

Crested Oropendola

Crested Oropendola, Costa Rica, February 2007

Blue Crane

Blue Crane, South Africa, September 2005

Sunday 23 March 2008

Woodcocks eye

This is a close-up of one of the Titchwell Woodcocks eye. The other pics can be found here. Titchwell, Norfolk, 26th January 2008.

Saturday 22 March 2008

Palm fronds

Palm fronds, Costa Rica, February 2007 - my effort at art!

Yellow-headed Caracara


Yellow-headed Caracara, Costa Rica, February 2007 - these came down to a man who was hand-feeding Crocodiles pieces of chicken!

Large-footed Finch


Large-footed Finch, Costa Rica, February 2007 - they do indeed have large feet. They use them to turn the ground over in a two footed 'scrape and drag' action. I've got some video of it somehere, which I'll stick up soon.

Black-hooded Antshrike


Black-hooded Antshrike, Costa Rica, February 2007 - this one got Dr Gurney quite excited; almost unheard of from him! I'd only really seen it once before, and that was for an Esmeraldas Woodstar in Ecuador...

Zeledonia


Zeledonia, Costa Rica, February 2007 - a cool name for a cool bird!

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