February 20, 2025

I am known as a Red-billed Pigeon

I sit in trees and sing whoo, whoop-a-whoo

My bill is bi-colored,

Part pink, part like butter,

The rest of me is mauve and gray-blue.

Location: Hotel Bougainvillea, Heredia Province, Cantón de Santo Domingo, Costa Rica

Sources: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-billed_Pigeon/id

Photo and text © 2025 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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