BOLSHOI DRESS REHEARSAL: BOOTED RACKET-TAIL (hummingbird) Ocreatus underwoodii. Two MALES Showing Agonistic Display Behavior in the Mindo Valley of ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

Bolshoi Dress Rehersal at the Mindo Theater in Ecuador. BOOTED RACKET-TAIL (hummingbird) Ocreatus underwoodii. Two male Booted Racket-tail hummingbirds are engaging in mutual agonistic display behavior in the Mindo Valley of northwestern Ecuador on January 29, 2013.

 

Ballet Bolshoi Ensayo General en el Teatro de Mindo en Ecuador el 29 de enero de 2013. Dos machos del Colibrí Colaespátula Ocreatus underwoodii exhibiendo despliegues de comportamiento agonístico o agresivo.

 

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