Yummy Cicada for Breakfast?

That is what this Tropical Kingbird (my gallery link) was eating one morning last week. 🙂

Tropical Kingbird eating a Cicada, My Garden, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

The most often seen bird in my garden with a lot of photos in the gallery: Rufous-tailed Hummingbird. 🙂

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

Inca Dove

I got several shots roadside along the cow pasture in Roca Verde. Here is just one shot with more in my GALLERY Inca Dove, Columbina inca.

Inca Dove, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

Western Cattle-Egret

A small flock of these egrets flying up and away from the Cow Pasture across the street on January 31. They are regulars at the pasture but I seldom try to photograph. A small group of houses are at the south end of the pasture and the birds are flying up from the pasture and over those houses. I’m able to get closer and better photos on some of my river trips as you can see in my Cattle-Egrets Gallery. Just the one photo here.

Western Cattle-Egret, Cow Pasture, Roca Verde, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

Yellow Warbler

I love finding these Yellow Warblers in my garden and know that it is most likely they came here from North America.

Yellow Warbler, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

See my Yellow Warbler Gallery.

¡Pura Vida!

Tropical Kingbird

A favorite of mine among the many birds found only in Central & South America, the Tropical Kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus (my gallery link). One of the many wild birds that seem to like power lines for perching. And that can make it easy to photograph, depending on the sunlight of course! 🙂

Tropical Kingbird, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Tropical Kingbird, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

Yellow-crowned Euphonia

This is the first time I’ve seen any Euphonia in quite a while, maybe more than a year and usually somewhere else other than my garden. And I got both the male and the female, though the male was in the shadows and thus not as good a photo.

¡Pura Vida!

See more in my Yellow-crowned Euphonia Gallery where I have photos from 3 other locations, with this being the first of this species in my garden.

“A longing fulfilled . . .”

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” ~Proverbs 13:12

Cortez Amarillo Trees blooming, Arenal Observatory Lodge & Trails,
Arenal Volcano National Park, Alajuela, Costa Rica

My blog/website administrative page has a bucket for “Drafts” and occasionally I put something in there that I think I might work into a blog post later (like yesterday’s). Back in 2022 I placed the above quote from Proverbs that I picked from one of my Daily Bible Readings to comment on later and here I am, about 3 years later, commenting on it (with photos!). 🙂

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Gray-headed Chachalaca

This large bird usually moves around my trees in groups or families and always “chattering.” 🙂 Here in a Nance Tree. See more photos in my gallery: Gray-headed Chachalaca.

Gray-headed Chachalaca, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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Punta Leona Trip Gallery . . .

. . . is finished and ready for visits! Just click the gallery image or go to this web address: https://charliedoggett.smugmug.com/TRIPS/2025-12-23-27-Punta-Leona

CLICK IMAGE to go to the gallery.
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