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Taken at Ecuador - Zuro Loma Reserve, for a peaceful Travel Tuesday!
The collared inca is a large hummingbird and an extremely quick flier that generally stays below the canopy of moss-laden cloudforests. Both males and females have white outer tail feathers and large white chest patches, both in strong contrast to its otherwise dark plumage. While haunting its dark, understory habitat, its generally dark plumage keeps it well hidden, and the first sign of its presence is the flashing open of its mostly white tail. identifies itself in the forest by flashing open its mostly white tail. It prefers long, pendulous, tubular flowers, hovering underneath to feed. Unlike the majority of hummingbirds, the collared inca appears especially prone to join mixed species foraging flocks of passerines, at least for short periods of time. Several studies have investigated its reproductive biology, but there is much to learn about this large, flashy, Andean hummingbird.
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Buff-tailed coronet - These medium-sized hummingbirds display a cinnamon underwing in flight, and other than the bronzy central tail feathers, the tail is notably buffy. Buff-tailed Coronets inhabit humid and wet montane forests, shrubby forest borders, and dwarf forests. They are rather defensive around mid and upper level flowers in the forest, and sometimes congregate with other hummingbirds at trees in the canopy interior. They hold on to flowers when feeding and hold their wings up in a V while doing so.
Picture taken at Birdwatchers House (www.birdwatchershouse.com/en/), Ecuador.
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Mesa de Los Santos - Santander - Colombia.
Oressinoma typhla breeds in pre-montane rainforest and cloudforest habitats on both sides of the Andes at elevations of between about 1200-2400 metres.
A uniquely-patterned, medium-sized hummingbird, the adult male White-necked Jacobin has a blue head and chest, a sharply contrasting white nape, a green back and blackish wings. The White-necked Jacobin can be found in a variety of habitats from humid forest canopies, to tall second growth forests, and even in coffee and cacao plantations. White-necked Jacobin can be found within its broad range feeding on nectar and small arthropods; occasionally, many will concentrate at flowering trees where they are aggressive and even territorial to one another. Although uncommon throughout most of its large range, the White-necked Jacobin's population is believed to be stable, and consequently has not been placed on any threatened species lists. Here you can see a juvenile (left) and an adult (right).
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Just Outside San Jose
Virgin Forest Reserve
Costa Rica
Talamanca Mountains
The Talamanca hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) or admirable hummingbird, is a large hummingbird. Some taxonomic authorities, such as the International Ornithological Committee, split the magnificent hummingbird into two species, in which case the nominate subspecies fulgens is renamed Rivoli's hummingbird and spectabilis is named the admirable hummingbird. Other taxonomic authorities have not recognized the split. The talamanca hummingbird's range is Costa Rica to Panama. – Wikipedia
The late day light adds color to the clouds amongst the cloud forest near Monteverde, Costa Rica. The cloud forest environment is found mostly on the Pacific side of the mountains. On the Pacific side you also find dry forest and there is rain forest on both the Pacific and Caribbean sides.
The golden-collared manakin is a common frugivore of secondary forest understory in Panama and northwestern Colombia. Males are distinctive in appearance, with a deep golden-yellow neck and throat forming a collar that is juxtaposed with a jet black crown, back, and wings. Females and immature males, in comparison, are drab olive-green and inconspicuous. The most unusual feature of the male’s plumage are the elongated chin feathers, which are raised to form a forward-pointing ‘beard’ during courtship displays, and it is these spectacular and unique displays for which this manakin is best known.
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Cloud forests are located at higher elevations, and are much cooler than rainforests. This contributes to the mist and fog that is visible in cloud forests.
A sunny morning in the cloud forest looking across the valley from Balcón Tumpiki toward my next stop at Reserva Las Gralarias in the Mindo precinct of northwest Ecuador.
This view of what was pasture land less than two decades ago is an example of how quickly the forest there can restore itself if given the chance and a number of land owners in the region are doing just that through the generous support of nature foundations and ecotourism income.
This shot is intended both to show the incredible beauty of the cloud forest even without the colorful birds and blossoms, and also to serve as an intermission curtain on day two of my nine-day visit to the region as I change gears and return to a previous journey's treasures.
Our garden is a bit different. We have no lawn, it's all natural and chaotic - it's a forest garden.
Even most of the little brown birds in the cloud forest came with an extra accent to add a bit of pizzazz. Crowned Chat-Tyrant by the pavilion at. Reserva Yanacocha on the western slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.
Reprocessed favourite from the laurel forest on Tenerife. The mosses lush bryophytic growths are fed by clouds moving up through the valley.
My interpretation skills of this environment were helped enormously by reading Guy Shrubsole's very entertaining book "The lost rainforests of Britain".
The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own ~ Willa Cather
anuary 2024: Two male White-booted Racket-tail Hummingbirds getting into an argument. Love those little leg puffs, aka booties - Sachatamia Lodge, Mindo, Ecuador 🇪🇨
Cloud forest, Glacier National Park, Montana USA
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Bush crickets have some of the most incredible camouflage. It's almost unbelievable how some species, such as this one, look exactly like they have lichens/moss growing on them. Once they become adults and develop wings, they they take on a fresh disguise, almost perfectly mimicking leaves.
Location: Cusuco National Park, Sierra del Merendón, Honduras, Central America