One of my favorite Costa Rica Birds, the Lessson’s Motmot (my gallery link), previously called “Blue-crowned Motmot,” is usually one of the first birds I see at Xandari and that was the case this morning on my circle walk through the gardens just after seeing two toucans fly over (no photo). I saw several other small birds in the shrubs without good photos, including a Yellow-faced Grassquit and the National Bird, Yigüirro or Clay-colored Thrush. The pre-breakfast walk is always the best time for birds, but with overcast skies and the threat of rain, there were not as many today. And that is usually too early for butterflies that seek the sun, but I did get one which I will share in a separate post later today.
Here’s photos of the two Motmots, male & female, with couples like this usually seen together . . .
¡Pura Vida!
