Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea

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Indigo Bunting, male - Passerina cyanea

NF Photo 110206, Restaurante La Georgina. Altitude 3100 möh - Above sea level.

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Volcano Hummingbird - Selasphorus flammula

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Volcano Hummingbird - Selasphorus flammula

NF Photo 110206, Restaurante La Georgina. Altitude 3100 möh - Above sea level.

About Volcano Hummingbird at wiki:
Quote:  "The Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula) is a very small hummingbird which breeds only in the mountains of Costa Rica and Chiriqui, Panama.
This tiny endemic bird inhabits open brushy areas, paramo, and edges of elfin forest at altitudes from 1850 m to the highest peaks. It is only 7.5 cm long. The male weighs 2.5 g and the female 2.8 g. The black bill is short and straight."

In my book it says the population has 3 races in CR. Wiki don´t mention that. It seems like 3 different areas has a slightly different looks on the males. 1) Irazu & Turriabla Volcanoes, 2) Talamanca Cordillera and 3) Poas & Barva volcanoes.  This bird would be the Talamanca male.

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Palm Tanager - Thraupis palmarum - sanhaço-de-coqueiro

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Palm Tanager - Thraupis palmarum

NF Photo 110206, Villa Teca Hotel Manuel Antonio

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feeding on bananas on youtube

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Red-crowned Woodpecker - Melanerpes rubricapillus

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Red-crowned Woodpecker, male - Melanerpes rubricapillus

NF Photo 110206, Parque National Manuel Antonio

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youtube, mating

World Bird Wednesday LXXV

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Cherrie's Tanager - Ramphocelus costaricensis

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Cherrie's Tanager, male - Ramphocelus costaricensis

NF Photo 110206

This bird,teh males, is almost similar to Passerini's Tanager. Passerini's Tanager lives on the Carribean coast and Cherrie's Tanager on The Pacific oceans side. Divided by the mountain range. The females differ rather much.

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female on youtube


World Bird Wednesday LXXIV
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Black-and-white Owl - ciccaba nigrolineata/Strix nigrolineata

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Black-and-white Owl - Strix nigrolineata
NF Photo 110206, in Jaco

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White-necked Puffbird - Notharchus macrorhynchos

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White-necked Puffbird - Notharchus macrorhynchos

NF Photo 110205 Carara National Park

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Northern Violaceous Trogon - Trogon caligatus - surucuá-pequeno

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Northern Violaceous Trogon, male - Trogon caligatus

NF Photo 110205 Carara National Park

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Trogons, the colorful birds of the tropical rainforest. This is one of them. I was always happy when one was close enough to get a shot. But they seemed to like to turn their back on me.

World Bird Wednesday LXXIII

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Slaty-tailed Trogon - Trogon massena

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Slaty-tailed Trogon - Trogon massena

NF Photo 110205 Carara National Park

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Hummingbirds - Kolibrir

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NF Photo 110207, Suria Lodge, Costa Rica

For now I am a bit tired of checking species ID:s so I am skipping ahead a little. Wanted to show you guys something colorful and sweet. :) It is not that hard to shoot them at a feeder. But to catch them in natural habitat is a true challenge.

World Bird Wednesday LXVII
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