Archelosauria

Ruoergai Marshes, Sichuan Province, China

Nahariyya Zoo and Botanical Garden, Israel.

Galapagos Islands

Ruoergai Marshes, Sichuan Province, China

Nahariyya Zoo and Botanical Garden, Israel.

Nahariyya Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Israel

Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa, Sydafrika

A pair of Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) (the Latin name refers to the large blue patch on the top front of their wing) dabble in the pond at Tavasci Marsh [Arizona], Spring 1998. This is the female, who, like most ducks, talks the most and the loudest! The sharp-eared listener will also hear Red-winged Blackbirds, a Song Sparrow and a Least Bittern in this sample.

Glyciphila caledonica / Glyciphila flavotincta.

Nahariyya Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Israel

This Common Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus) was part of a mixed flock in the Monteverde Cloud Forest (Costa Rica).

A Black and White Owl (Ciccaba nigrolineata) sits high in a tree at El Pizote, near Puerto Viejo de Talamanca (Costa Rica), 6/22/99.

Brown Jays (Cyanocorax morio) are very common residents of both slopes. They hate quiet and will do whatever they can to destroy it when they find it! You'll also hear the call of Blue-crowned Motmot in this recording. (Costa Rica)

Here is an example of a group of Brown Jays (Cyanocorax morio) near the Cabinas el Bosque, Monteverde, 6/17/99.

Here is an unusual vocalization by a Brown Jay (Cyanocorax morio) also recorded near the Cabinas el Bosque, Monteverde (Costa Rica), 6/17/99.

Chestnut-backed Antbird (Myrmeciza exsul)- This was a pair foraging at Manuel Antonio (Costa Rica).

Here is the song of the Chestnut-backed Antbird (Myrmeciza exsul), which we heard a lot around Manuel Antonio (Costa Rica) - sung over and over for several minutes at a time.

This Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) is pecking around a large Willow tree at Peck's Lake [Arizona]. I later saw him in a bush of Winterfat, low to the ground, and flushed him unexpectedly like a quail.

If you're a male Ladderback and you want to impress your intended in the Spring, you'll want to show her just how fast you can hammer. This males displays for a female sitting just above him in a willow tree at Tavasci Marsh [Arizona], 3/20/98.

In the Spring both the male and female Ladder-backs use this squeaky introduction to their normal whinny. Sometimes the female uses just the squeaks as a kind of "purr" without the whinny call following.

Hairy Woodpeckers (Picoides villosus) PEEK a lot like the Ladderbacks, just a bit more insistently. This one was atop Mingus Mountain, 2/22/99.

A Blue and White Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca) flies over a small slough near Grano de Oro, in the Talamanca range (Costa Rica), 6/24/99.

A Red-breasted Blackbird (Sturnella militaris) sits on a fencepost and calls near Grano de Oro (Costa Rica), 6/24/99. The locals call him "Veranero" or a "Cacique veranero". This has been a South Pacific lowland bird, but reports of it moving north throughout the country are increasing. In this case, the bird is in the eastern Talamancas, far from the southeast lowlands!