Category: Costa Rica

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Turkey Vulture

Vultures are so common all over the world and so important to the health of the planet! And I just can’t resist trying to photograph one every once in a while! 🙂 This common one here is a Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura (my gallery link) is the same one you see in the United States. I think they are beautiful when flying, though their underside is always in the shadows! 🙂

Turkey Vulture, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Turkey Vulture, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

You might be interested in my other galleries on different vultures both here and other places I’ve lived/traveled . . .

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New Species for me . . .

. . . the Straight-lined Sulphur, Phoebis trite (iNaturalist CR link with map of where seen here) or see three observations recorded on BAMONA. Not your every day butterfly! 🙂

Here’s my three shots . . .

Straight-lined Sulphur, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica.

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Other Nature, Calle Nueva . . .

For my last post on the Calle Nueva Walk, here’s 4 shots of other things I liked along this little dirt country road . . .

Common Basilisk, Basiliscus basiliscus, Calle Nueva, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

For more of him, see my Common Basilisk Gallery.

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Calle Nueva Birds

Had I been going there for birds like I used to, it would have been earlier, like 5:30 or 6 am! But even during this 8-10 am best time for butterflies, I saw a lot more than 3 birds, but this is all I photographed on Calle Nueva that morning, plus the Yellow-faced Grassquit (May 15 Post) in the cow pasture as I was getting back home. 🙂 Here’s the three other birds I got photos of on that nearby dirt road . . .

Inca Dove, Calle Nueva, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

See my Inca Dove Gallery.

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Last 2 Butterflies from Calle Nueva

Well, it is a little trouble getting there, but almost always productive when I walk the 10 blocks through town to get to Calle Nueva and this May 10 walk gave me 10 species of butterflies which I finish today. Tomorrow I’ll share the 3 birds I photographed and the next day the other wildlife, then back to sharing from my garden! 🙂

These two little guys are always nice, even when one is damaged like this time: Tailed Orange – Pyrisitia proterpia (iNaturalist CR link since I have no gallery yet.) and the more common Whirlabout Skipper – Polites vibex (my gallery link). This was my first sighting of a Tailed Orange!

Whirlabout Skipper, Calle Nueva, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Tailed Orange, Calle Nueva, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

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Laverna Metalmark

I used the iNaturalist A-I to hep identify this which, if correct is a new species for me. Laverna Metalmark, Calephelis laverna (iNaturalist link) is similar to other Metalmarks in my Metalmarks Gallery. I haven’t submitted it to iNaturalist yet, to see if the identifiers there agree with this ID. Here’s two shots from Calle Nueva . . .

Laverna Metalmark, Calephelis laverna, Calle Nueva, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Laverna Metalmark, Calephelis laverna, Calle Nueva, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica

¡Pura Vida!

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Heraldica Clearwing

The Heraldica Clearwing, Ithomia heraldica (my gallery link) is a common-looking orange & black butterfly that’s found only in Costa Rica and Panama say some sources, while others say from Columbia to Mexico. Either way, mostly Central America. Here’s a couple of shots from my trek on Calle Nueva the other day.

Heraldica Clearwing, Ithomia heraldica, Calle Nueva, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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Banded Yellow

or at least I am pretty sure that is the identification, Banded Yellow, Eurema elathea (my gallery link) and it is common to have all of these different colors (white, tan, yellow, orangey), but without a view of the top of wings (to see yellow & brown bands) it is difficult for an exact ID as there are others similar to this in the Pieridae family of butterflies. 🙂 Here’s four shots from Calle Nueva, all 4 different colors (but I think the same species) . . .

Banded Yellow, Eurema elathea, Calle Nueva, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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2 Butterfly Peacocks

seen on Calle Nueva that morning are the same as what I have regularly in my garden. Check out my photo collections in their two galleries with better photos than these two:

Banded Peacock, Calle Nueva, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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