
The Common Tody-flycatcher is a small bird that thrives in the tropics such as in Costa Rica where I took this photograph. The Tody was a resident of the same hedge that drew the elusive Snowcap, the hummingbird that brought us to the hedge in the first place. To me, the small Tody’s large beak and large eye with the sclera visible around its black pupil, gave it a grumpy look.