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  1. LazDivaz

    Puerto Jiménez, Playa Preciosa, Costa Rica

    Please help to identify this beauty. Hanging out in a lush garden next to secondary forest. Thanks!
  2. LazDivaz

    Unidentified chick rescued from cat. Sámara, Costa Rica

    This little chick was rescued from a cat in the woods. It is safe with a neighbor, but she needs to identify it, and learn what to feed it, as the parents have not appeared to collect it. The local forum has determined that it is a baby Chachalaca. Any ideas? Thanks!
  3. LazDivaz

    Sámara, Guanacaste Costa Rica, pacific beach

    Please help to identify this bird, found by tourists, injured on the beach. Only photo I have; note tiny slice of watermelon in what seems to be an egg carrier for scale. Thanks. LazDivaz
  4. LazDivaz

    Which flycatcher? Sámara, Costa Rica

    Having trouble identifying this flycatcher spotted in the early morning in coastal woods. Would not lower his head for me, and was quite distant. Please help! Many thanks.
  5. LazDivaz

    Unknown snake Guanacaste Costa Rica

    My gardener, who is pretty savvy about all forms of wildlife, showed me this picture on his phone of a snake that he met that he could not identify. Too bad the head is obscured, but maybe the marks along the slithery back are enough to identify? Thanks. I'm a birder, really!
  6. LazDivaz

    Sámara, Costa Rica, sparrow ID

    Please help to ID this bird, spotted in woods this morning. Could it be a striped sparrow? Sorry for the bad photo. Many thanks!
  7. LazDivaz

    Treefrog in Nicoya peninsula, Guanacaste Costa Rica

    This little frog popped out of a toilet, popped back in, and finally emerged onto dry land two days later. It looks like a meadow treefrog, but is rather larger (owing to time spent in the septic tank?) at 9 cm, and is out of its geographical range. Please confirm or dispute ID. Thanks
  8. LazDivaz

    Monteverde, Costa Rica

    Please help to ID this beauty (too bad about the fuzzy shot). Thanks
  9. LazDivaz

    Seal ID, Newcomb Hollow Beach, Cape Cod

    I thought that these were grey harbour seals from afar, but up close, I saw that they have flaring nostrils and long boney snouts. They were in the sea about 15 meters from the shore in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Could they be horse head seals? Or what? Thanks
  10. LazDivaz

    Please ID Costa Rica

    There was a Baltimore Oriole around this morning. Could this be his mate? Or am I WAY off this time? Thanks
  11. LazDivaz

    Costa Rica waders

    I thought I had some semipalmate plovers, but fear that I'm wrong again! Here's a snap of a group who were breakfasting in a river this morning, one with wings spread. This is probably a very easy one. My partner tells me that I spend far too much time with my birds, so please have a go! Thanks
  12. LazDivaz

    Sámara, Costa Rica Western tanager?

    Hola, Found this suspect early morning in the woods. Have never seen such a bird here, so suspect it might be a migrant. Was tempted to call it a Western tanager, but the olive side feathers threw me off, as I think they should be black. Please help. Thanks.
  13. LazDivaz

    Unidentified duck Costa Rica

    Early this morning, I found a group of these unfamiliar ducks in a field. Can't find them in Stiles and Skutch. Please identify. Thanks
  14. LazDivaz

    Raptor ID Costa Rica

    Found this fellow complaining in the woods this morning. I think that it's a juvenile common black hawk, but others beg to differ. Please ID so that I can get on with my life! Thanks!
  15. LazDivaz

    Rufous-capped warbler? Costa Rica

    I found a group of these tiny birds, very bold, coming right up to me. They were tweeting away and dancing around on the ground at my feet and in the dry forest branches. (They were a distraction from the most entertaining Mr & Mrs long-tailed manakin show) It looks like a rufous-capped warbler...
  16. LazDivaz

    Please ID, Monteverde Costa Rica

    Please help to identify this bird, shot by one of our guests in Monteverde Cloud Forest. I promised him we would find the answer very soon, considering the weather conditions in the UK today!
  17. LazDivaz

    Which hawk? Costa Rica

    This fellow was not at all shy, sitting on a post along a road (so I thought, "roadside hawk, maybe juvenile." Please identify. Thanks
  18. LazDivaz

    Night heron Pacific coast, Costa Rica

    Cleaning up old photos, and came across this shot of what I believe to be a juvenile yellow-crowned night heron. I know that they are breeding in this mangrove swamp, but have never seen one with such a patch of fluff! Not a good shot, but adequate for ID, I should think. Thanks
  19. LazDivaz

    Seedeater Guanacaste, Costa Rica

    I was so distracted by the roseate spoonbill and great egrets on my riverbank this morning that I hardly noticed this tiny bird. I think that it is a white-collared seedeater, but it seemed larger than the local little variables that are around. Please help--not a great shot, but sufficient, I'm...
  20. LazDivaz

    unidentified diva Massachusetts

    Hello, just spent a few days around Boston, and had this singing bird just carrying on. Please ID. I was thinking mockingbird because of her repertoire, but couldn't find a local bird book. Many thanks
  21. LazDivaz

    Migrant from insects

    Hola, Seems that I have my head in the birds, and don't know a butterfly from a moth (nor either of the above from an insect, where I seem to have erroneously posted my query). If anyone has any insight as to the identity of my garden-eating creatures, I would be most grateful. Here, the stray...
  22. LazDivaz

    Caterpillar ID, please, Costa Rica

    My garden is being devoured by these critters, and I would like to think that I am sacrificing my plants to what will become an amazing butterfly. It's dazzlingly beautiful. Please don't tell me it will turn into a beige moth! Thanks
  23. LazDivaz

    Please ID-Guanacaste Costa Rica

    I found this bird sitting on a branch in an estuary, but have never seen her before. Is it some sort of plover? Can't find it in my Styles and Skutch. Many thanks. Sara
  24. LazDivaz

    Canon A630 emergency!

    As I live on the ocean, the salt air wreaks havoc on all electronics. So I just replaced my trusted Canon PowerShot A95, which I loved, and which greeted me one day with the dreaded E18 failure, with a PowerShot A630 (4X optical: the max, as I understand, for digiscoping). I was trying to use it...
  25. LazDivaz

    Stranger in Guanacaste, CR

    Please help me to identify this bird. She was in our coastal wetland, and have never seen her here before. (She was alone) She looks like a Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus). Is she migrating now? Sorry for the bad photos; it was really bright this morning. Thanks
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