Little Hermit - Phaethornis longuemareus

This is not a great photo that I have taken this afternoon, but I was so pleased to even get this hummingbird, or Colibre, in the picture. (I plan to keep trying for a better shot, though!) It's Phaethornis longuemareus, the Little Hermit, or Ermitaño enano. It's feeding from Calathea lutea, which is proving a popular plant with both hummingbirds and butterflies. A mere 9cm, this miniature bird weighs in at just 2.6g. It's distribution is from Costa Rica to western Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia.

Butterfly - Eurybia lycisca

Using Reinaldo's (!) copy of the book Butterflies and Moths of Costa Rica, (I. Chacon & J. Montero, Inbio, 2007) I was easily able to identify this butterfly (LYCAENIDAE - Eurybia lycisca) that I photographed here in the garden yesterday, on Calathea lutea.