Still the morning of 17 March 2014 near the Sarapiqui river in Costa Rica. After the earlier Montezuma’s oropendola’s, we see this bird species again. Doing gymnastics on a branch again.
A stripe-throated hermit hummingbird. Some hermits are big for hummingbirds, but this one is one of the smallest species.
It likes the beautiful flowers, which grow here. And in the botanical garden on the other site of the road, where we would go later and where the flower photos were taken.
Much bigger than the little hummingbird is a green iguana.
We cross the main road. Groove-billed anis on the other side.
Two social flycatchers on a wire.
A house wren. A singing grey-crowned yellowthroat.
A pond in the botanical garden attracts damselflies.
A black-cheeked woodpecker in a tree.
A Central American agouti walking in the garden.
A scaly-breasted hummingbird on a branch cleans its feathers.
A black-cowled oriole in another tree.
In yet another tree, a yellow-olive flycatcher.
A rufous-tailed hummingbird; sometimes, on a branch; sometimes flying.
A masked tityra. A boat-billed flycatcher.
Back across the main road. In a treetop, an olive-throated parakeet.
We walk along the forest trail. A butterfly.
A bird from North America wintering here: a male summer tanager.
Let us finish this blog post like we started it, with a Montezuma’s oropendola.
Stay tuned!
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Oh, WOW! I wish the hummingbirds would come back to Kentucky.
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So do I. They would probably be ruby-throated hummingbirds; a different species than the ones pictured in this blog post.
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Spectacular captures!
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Thank you, Rebecca! There will be more 🙂
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