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Dear Jack,
Thanks so much for reviving the memories of my last trip to CR! Here is a 1 minute video of how I was greeted upon arriving at the lodge near PN de los Quetzales. Makes me smile every time I play it, excellent for cheering up.
Thanks so much for reviving the memories of my last trip to CR! Here is a 1 minute video of how I was greeted upon arriving at the lodge near PN de los Quetzales. Makes me smile every time I play it, excellent for cheering up.
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Memories, for sure. That's cute and if it's early AM, quite an alarm clock. I tried hard to visualize what we were in for but mostly I was off by a mile. Clay-coloured Robin is the national bird due to its song (not sure I ever heard it). Great-tailed Grackle. Green Violet-ear Hummingbird.
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Thanks as always. Hummers were all over but not always that easy to catch in flight. I wasn't around feeders, which would have made a big difference. Scintilant Hummingbird.
Jack
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Very nice picture Jack! Indeed these hummers "in the wild" are quite hard to catch in a good way - but you managed
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Thanks guys. There were some in certain areas that were so plentiful that it was just a matter of time that one would pause for a shot. The flowers you see were the big attraction and they were like hedges so no shortage of subjects. Black-bellied Hummingbird (I think).
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Here is the female of the Red-legged Honeycreeper. I believe I posted the black/purple male earlier.
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! Well, I prefer duck...
I'm stumped and have one guess but I'll wait for feedback. I think it's wearing a disguise.
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I didn't have the opportunity to shoot in the weekend. Instead I took a day off Tuesday to make a chaperone for friends visiting from New York. It was fun but concerning the birds - no much hopes. At the very end of a round trip in botanical garden we noticed two Gray Francolins running in front of us. Their track was predictable and I just went forward to "freeze" in front of the place where they were expected to appear (under the bushes). After that my "hunting dogs" (I mean my friends) started approaching the bushes where the birds were hiding. I was waiting ~5-7 minutes ("frozen"!} and nothing. My friends (not birders but in this case it was helpful) were asking (loudly!): did you got them? And I just noticed some movement ~10 meters in front of me! One of the birds was there! And very confident in the low light under that canopy! I got some shots but when I tried to change the angle it just went running (and the second bird after it)!
) started approaching the bushes where the birds were hiding. I was waiting ~5-7 minutes ("frozen"!} and nothing. My friends (not birders but in this case it was helpful) were asking (loudly!): did you got them? And I just noticed some movement ~10 meters in front of me! One of the birds was there! And very confident in the low light under that canopy! I got some shots but when I tried to change the angle it just went running (and the second bird after it)!
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And I'm ready to sleep
- long day today. I promise I will try tomorrow (not sure I can succeed!) Did you say " disguise" - that is perfect one, any time I fail to identify a bird I'm going to use it (no "TM" next to your original posting 
!) Nice photo BTW and that is what makes the music! (Hey, is it a branch of Plumeria there?)
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This looks like what we called Hungarian partridge??I didn't have the opportunity to shoot in the weekend. Instead I took a day off Tuesday to make a chaperone for friends visiting from New York. It was fun but concerning the birds - no much hopes. At the very end of a round trip in botanical garden we noticed two Gray Francolins running in front of us. Their track was predictable and I just went forward to "freeze" in front of the place where they were expected to appear (under the bushes). After that my "hunting dogs" (I mean my friends
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