Dives dives
(L 9.1-9.8" WS 71" Wt 3.4-3.8 lbs)
Savegre Mountain Lodge
23Jan2022
All black, including eyes and bill ...very
vocal whistler...with deforestation has
moved to urban gardens and lawns.
© Josue de
León Lux
(Freelance
Birding Guide
Dives in Latin mean rich, costly
referring to the silkin plumage
of the Melodius Blackbird.
In La Merle Noir (The Blackbird.
1952) by the 20th-century French
composer Olivier Messiaen who
became an expert at notating
birdsong from those in his home
country to those as far away as New
Zealand.(Noah Strycker)
Arenal Observatory Lodge
08Jan2024