World Bird...the Rufous Collared Sparrow

I am linking up with World Bird Wednesday and Nature Notes

For my World Bird this week I have another bird from Curacao. It is the Rufous Collard Sparrow. We saw this bird often around the sugar feeders and other places around the island.

The sdult has a grey head with broad black stripes on the crown and thinner stripes thru the eyes. The nape and breast sides are rufous in color, the throat is white and the underparts are off whtie . There are two white wing bars.

I like the rufous color on this sparrow, it is a very pretty bird.

This Rufous-collared Sparrow was seen under a lounge chair at the beach.



To see more beautiful birds check out Springman's World Bird Wednesday   and for some nature scenes and post please visit Michelle's Nature Notes.

Thanks to Springman for hosting World Bird Wednesday and to Michelle for hosting Nature Notes. Also, thank you for stopping by to see my post. Have a wonderful week and happy birding.

Costa Rica birds

I just got back from a ten day vacation in Costa Rica. The birds there are are just beautiful and some are so colorful. I'm sure my next few posts will be about the birds I saw in Costa Rica. I will start with the first birds I saw at our San Jose hotel.  They were the Clay colored robin which is the national bird of Costa Rica. Crimson-fronted Parakeet, Palm Tanager, White winged dove, unknown hummingbird, Great tailed grackle, Blue-Gray Tanagers and the Rufous collared sparrow. These are all lifers for me and I need to make a list of my Costa Rica lifers.


                                                                Palm Tanagers

Rufous collared Sparrow

Clay colored robin

Red lored parrot

Blue-gray Tanager

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