21-3-2017 HOTEL BOUGANVILLEA, COSTA RICA - VARIEGATED SQUIRREL (Sciurus variegatoides) COURTESY MRS VALERIE FISHER

21-3-2017 HOTEL BOUGANVILLEA, COSTA RICA - SUN BITTERN (Eurypyga helias) COURTESY MRS VALERIE FISHER

21-3-2017 HOTEL BOUGANVILLEA, COSTA RICA - INCA DOVE (Columbina inca) COURTESY MRS VALERIE FISHER

21-3-2017 HOTEL BOUGANVILLEA, COSTA RICA - TROPICAL KINGBIRD (Tyrannus melancholicus) COURTESY MRS VALERIE FISHER

21-3-2017 HOTEL BOUGANVILLEA, COSTA RICA - CLAY COLOURED THRUSH (Turdus grayi) COURTESY OF MRS VALERIE FISHER

21-3-2017 HOTEL BOUGANVILLEA, COSTA RICA - BALTIMORE ORIOLE (MALE) (Icterus galbula) COURTESY OF VALERIE FISHER

28-3-2017 TARCOLES RIVER COSTA RICA - BOAT BILLED HERON (Cochlearius cochlearius)

28-3-2017 TARCOLES RIVER COSTA RICA - BARE THROATED TIGER HERON (Tigrisoma mexicanum)

28-3-2017 TARCOLES RIVER COSTA RICA - ANHINGA (FEMALE) (Anhinga anhinga)

                                      https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5063-Anhinga-anhinga

28-3-2017 CARARA NAT PARK, COSTA RICA - WHITE WHISKERED PUFFBIRD (Malacoptila panamensis)

1-4-2017 MIAMI, FLORIDA - RED WINGED BLACKBIRD (FEMALE) (Agelaius phoeniceus)

23-3-2017 SAN GERARDO DE DOTA COSTA RICA - THICK BILLED EUPHONIA (Euphonia laniirostris)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9308-Euphonia-laniirostris

13-4-2017 HUELVA, SPAIN - YELLOW LEGGED GULL (Larus michahellis)

14-4-2017 GIBRALTAR - BARBARY MACAQUE (Macaca sylvanus)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_macaque

14-4-2017 GIBRALTAR - SPANISH FESTOON BUTTERFLY (Zerynthia rumina)

12-5-2019 CALIFORNIA, USA - WESTERN GREBE (Aechmophorus occidentalis) CAM

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4235-Aechmophorus-occidentalis

 

10-4-2017 PUNTA DEL GARDO, THE AZORES - AZOREAN CHAFFINCH (Fringilla coelebs ssp. moreletti)

The Azores chaffinch (Fringilla moreletti) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is a subspecies of the common chaffinch that is endemic to the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, part of Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is locally known as the tentilhão or sachão.

The head and part of the dorsum are bluish gray, with the rest of the dorsal area being greenish; the wings and tail are black and white; the throat and chest are pink. The bill is lead-colored. The paws are pinkish brown. The plumage of the females is more discreet, dominating the brown tones.

The Azores chaffinch inhabits all of the Azorean Islands and is one the most common birds in the archipelago, It can be seen from sea-level to the mountainous interior, including the highest areas of Pico.

10-4-2017 PUNTA DEL GARDO, THE AZORES - AZOREAN BULLFINCH (Pyrrhula murina)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/111450-Pyrrhula-murina

10-4-2017 MIAMI, FLORIDA - SOUTHERN LEOPARD FROG (Lithobates sphenocephalus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/60341-Lithobates-sphenocephalus