Comments on: Costa Rica birds to know; Paltry Tyrannulet

By: Completevehicle

Completevehicle — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:06:03 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:44:54 +0000

Sue-o the Twitching Sailor- glad you like the blog and please see some pelagic birds for me! Yes, Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrants just might be reincarnated nasty bosses.

Mike- yeah, they are pretty darn miniscule.

Paul- tropical bird distribution is so complicated, you almost never know what to expect! Most of the birds are associated with specific niches and/or move around a lot. Although the key to finding most species is understanding the types of habitats they need, some are just very hard to see or identify. Lets go birding sometime when you get back in September!

By: Paul Pickering

Paul Pickering — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:07:52 +0000

Thank you very much for the nice blog on the Paltry tyrannulet. It took me several months of repeated sightings of the little guy here near Turrialba before I could be absolutely sure of its identification, mostly because I only moved here last year and had little direct experience of what species are common. The distribution of so-called ‘common’ species in Garrigues’ guide-book indicates many species for my area that simply aren’t here. Well, maybe they’re just hiding from me, but on the other hand several other species have cropped up that supposedly shouldn’t be here. I love the guide-book by the way, so don’t take that as a criticism. The Paltry eats mistletoes in my guayabo trees but I haven’t seen him for several weeks or more. I leave shortly for Europe but hope he’ll be here when I get back in September. I’m very happy to have found this website and look forward to checking in with you regularly after September.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:54:27 +0000

I completely agree with you regarding the indignity of this bird’s name. Nobody or thing deserves to be tagged with the title “paltry”!

On the other hand, I did see one of these guys in Guatemala earlier this year and it was a little on the puny side…

By: sue-o

sue-o — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:30:11 +0000

Beautiful blog Patrick. I have a feeling that when I have access to the internet I will be checking in more often. My husband and I are currently sailing around the world. We are in Curacao, Netherland Antilles now and will be in Costa Rica next year??? We don’t know yet. I can learn a lot from your blog and id’s on the forums before I get there.
The Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant sounds like one of my past bosses!
Sue Osier
aka The Twitching Sailor