Flight

"Flight"

This is another image from the back porch in Costa Rica. Buff-throated Saltators are about as common in our part of Cost Rica as Blue Jays are in Dallas. I manipulated this image to accentuate the sense of movement and give it a more abstract appearance. Hope you enjoy it!

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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Fifty varieties of hummingbirds are listed in "The Birds of Costa Rica". This rufous-tailed hummingbird lives in the north-central part of Costa Rica where our house is and spends most of the day drinking nectar from the hummingbird bushes that grow all along one side of the house. They are quite fearless for a creature that measures only around 4 inches in length. While sitting on the back porch, it's not unusual to be buzzed by one and then be fussed at because you happened to be in it's flight path.

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Red-legged Honeycreeper

Red-legged Honeycreeper

This female red-legged honeycreeper is part of a group that spends most of the day eating papaya we put out near our back porch in Costa Rica. They are feisty little birds who often chase larger birds away. Once they peck through the outer skin, they stick their entire heads through the hole to get at the juicy meat inside.

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