Costa Rica. Monteverde (2) (1 Viewer)

[testoduro]

Sorry again for the quality of some of the pics. Monteverde is certainly not camera-friendly.

1. Yellow- thighed Finch? A chick, hence no yellow thighs and the yellow base of bill?
2. Black-eared Warbler? (Or Three-striped, depending on the catalogue).
3,4 and 5. Probably the same bird. I don't know. The absence of a frontal photo renders my search in the guidebook fruitless. Pic 5 was taken seconds before pic 4.

Thanks again!
(This is Monteverde chapter 1, I threaten to submit another chapter of the series with even worse photos ...)

 

[stuartelsom]

Looking at the tail pattern and the apparently wholly dark head, No 5 could be Slate-throated Whitestart.

Stu

 

[THE_FERN]

1) Agree: imm. yellow-thighed finch
2) Costa Rican warbler (B. melanotis)
3),4) Slate-throated redstart
5) presume common chlorospingus [don't think ashy-throated anywhere near, and anyway, can see white spectacle I think]

[Edit: in order they appear across the page, but you'll work it out!]

 

[testoduro]

5) presume common chlorospingus [don't think ashy-throated anywhere near, and anyway, can see white spectacle.

Thanks, Stu and The Fern!
Yes, for pic 5 a chorospingus makes full sense, by far the bird I could spot most on my walk. I found its protruding eye in this photo striking.

 

[pbjosh]

Agree w/ THE_FERN on these...