White-necked Jacobin Hummingbird
Not quite sure where the name comes from, but the Jacobins were the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution, and in association with Robespierre they instituted the Terror of 1793–4. They often wore blue ex-military coats - maybe from there? :-)
Taken in Costa Rica (at Rancho Naturalista).
You don't want to know how many out of focus shots of these birds I took to get one half decent one.
White-necked Jacobin Hummingbird
Not quite sure where the name comes from, but the Jacobins were the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution, and in association with Robespierre they instituted the Terror of 1793–4. They often wore blue ex-military coats - maybe from there? :-)
Taken in Costa Rica (at Rancho Naturalista).
You don't want to know how many out of focus shots of these birds I took to get one half decent one.