6-6-2019 KHWAI CAMP, BOTSWANA - LILAC BREASTED ROLLER (Coracias caudatus) PHOTO COURTESY OF MRS VALERIE FISHER

6-6-2019 KHWAI CAMP, BOTSWANA - COMMON IMPALA (MALE) (Aepyceros melampus ssp. melampus)PHOTO COURTESY OF MRS VALERIE FISHER

6-6-2019 KHWAI CAMP, BOTSWANA - RED LECHWE (FEMALE) (Kobus leche ssp. leche) PHOTO COURTESY OF MRS VALERIE FISHER

6-6-2019 KHWAI CAMP, BOTSWANA - DOUBLE BANDED SANDGROUSE (Pterocles bicinctus) PHOTO COURTESY OF MRS VALERIE FISHER

3-1-2020 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - WALL BROWN BUTTERFLY (Lasiommata megera)

1-1-2020 SUECA, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN MOORHEN (Gallinula chloropus)

1-1-2020 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - NORTHERN LAPWING (Vanellus vanellus)

1-1-2020 SUECA, VALENCIA - WATER PIPIT (Anthus spinoletta)

1-1-2020 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - SQUACCO HERON (Ardeola ralloides)

1-1-2020 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)

1-1-2020 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - GREAT EGRET (Ardea alba)

1-1-2020 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - COMMON CHIFFCHAFF (Phylloscopus collybita)

2-1-2020 MONTE CORONA REST, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN ROBIN (Erithacus rubecula)

1-1-2020 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - EURASIAN GREAT CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo)

1-1-2020 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - GREAT EGRET (Ardea alba)

1-1-2020 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - EURASIAN KESTREL (Falco tinnunculus)

1-1-2020 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN STARLING (Sturnus vulgaris)

1-1-2020 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - ZITTING CISTICOLA (Cisticola juncidis)

23-3-2017 SAN GERARDO DE DOTA COSTA RICA - RED CROWNED WOODPECKER (Melanerpes rubricapillus)

24-3-2017 RANCHO NATURALISTA, COSTA RICA - BAY HEADED TANAGER (Tangara gyrola)

The bay-headed tanager (Tangara gyrola) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, South America south to Ecuador, Bolivia and north-western Brazil, and on Trinidad.

It occurs in forests, particularly in wetter areas. The bulky cup nest is built in a tree and the normal clutch is two brown-blotched white eggs. The female incubates the eggs for 13–14 days to hatching, with another 15–16 days before the chicks fledge.

These are social birds which eat mainly fruit, usually swallowed whole. Insects are also taken, mainly from the underside of branches.