A black bird with a very red area covering the top of the breast and going around the neck and to the top of the head. It is perched on a rail, body facing slightly left of camera. It has a light colored bill and red eyes. A black zip tie is around the rail, with a tail that sticks up pointing at the bird's head.

🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlackHeads, any bird with Black on its head, says Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social. Here's another shot of Monday's crimson-collared tanager, thinking the zip tie is a microphone. #birds #photography #costarica

Love the shots and the alt, Rob.

Good one, Alan. Bad feather day?

Great pose it gave you. Nice shot.

Enjoy the sun, survive the cold. Have a good one, Jean.

Thanks, Rob.

Her thought bubble just says "really?"

As good a guess as any 🤷. Good question, though; now you've got me curious.

Thanks, Alan. It was a fun sight.

Thanks, Jayne. One sighting was all I got!

Me, too! Thanks!

Luck and something else. This one belongs on a wall somewhere.

Phenomenal shot.

A medium-sized bird with a long tail. It is brown, with a yellow beak, red eye with a light blue ring around it, white tip on the tail, and a gray breast. It is in profile facing our left.

🪶 Alan @alan678.bsky.social set an alt theme of #RareEncounters, birds you have captured least on your camera roll, and I'm going with this common squirrel cuckoo, a bit of a paradox, but it's my only sighting. #birds #photography #costarica

What a great view you have! Have a great day, Jean.

Thanks - I love your description!

Thanks! They are tiny and hard to catch, but so worth it.

I try not to be too obnoxious about it.

Thanks!

Thanks. That red really stood out.

No, thank *you*!

Thanks, SCD. It was striking.

A tiny butterfly is on an orange milkweed bloom. The butterfly is a very light gray with black spots and some orange towards the end of the wings, which have a small extension, a "tail".

🦋 Skipping the arachnids this morning and going for an eastern tailed-blue #butterfly for #macromonday. Have as good a Monday as you can - they're better when you're retired, just sayin'. #photography #macro

A bird that is black with startlingly red feathers around the neck, rising to the top of the head, and a band of red between the body and tail. It is perched on a log placed for feeding, and a slice of papaya is visible to the left.

🪶 Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social says today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&Red, so it's back to #costarica for this crimson-collared tanager (another tanager for you, @oldpostie.bsky.social). #birds #photography

Nice ones. I've never seen coot chicks.

Beautiful, Mary.

Perfect timing, Alan. Great shots.

Enjoy the day, Jean!

Thanks, Rob.

Yes on both counts - thanks!