Shrikes and Solitaires

As far as birds caught this week at Madre Selva there were two highlights for me: Black-faced Solitaire and Rufous-browed Peppershrike

We often hear the solitaires, letting out a song very similar to the sound of a fingertip on the lip of a wineglass, but had not seen one until it was in the net.




The Rufous-browed Peppershrike was only the third I'd seen, the first pictured here, from my time in Mexico:


And here's its Costa Rican counterpart


As with all shrike-types they are blood-thirsty




Though not quite capable of this:

Old Mexico 3

Old Mexico 2

Old Mexico 1

Nothing new from around here, but I thought I'd put up a bunch of bird pictures from Mexico, as I now know much more about those birds from what I've learned here than when I was actually there with them.