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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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Finca Alejandria, Km 18 Via Cali-Buenaventura, Cali, Colombia.
Aglaiocercus kingi (Long-tailed Sylph / Cometa verdiazul)
Sylphs (Aglaiocercus) are short-billed, long-tailed hummingbirds of humid montane forests of the Andes. The Long-tailed Sylph is the most widespread member of the genus, and occurs from Venezuela south to Bolivia.
This is the only species of sylph on the east slopes of the Andes. In Colombia and Ecuador, it also is found on the western slopes of the Andes. This species forages at all heights in the forest, and at forest edge.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/overview...
Wikipedia: The racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia) is an Asian treepie, a member of the crow family, Corvidae.
It has a velvety-black forehead of short, plush black feathers with the rest of the bird being an oily green color, though appearing black in dim light. The tail feathers which in this species are long and broaden at the tail's end are black also with a greenish tinge, as are the wings. The iris of the bird is a turquoise-blue darkening towards the pupil to a very deep or near black. The bill, legs and feet are black.
This bird occurs in southern Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Indo-China, Sumatra, Java and Bali in scrub and secondary growth, open fields and gardens, bamboo thickets and open forest often near villages.
Conservation status: Least Concern
I have seen perhaps 4-5 during the 2020/21 owl season but, owing to their elusiveness, have been unable to photograph one in its winter coat since 2019.
Our incorrectly named big hare can weight as much as 9.5 pounds at maximum and has powerful hare back legs. Their bouncing running style with stiff upright posture makes them great to watch in motion, especially in winter white.
"I'll Just Hide Behind this Rock"
Wikipedia: The large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found along the southern Himalayan foothills, eastern South Asia, Southeast Asia and northern Australia. This species is a resident of the countries of Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. In Malaysia it is known to frequent cemeteries at night, hence its rather macabre common name burung tukang kubur ("graveyard nightjar")
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large-tailed_nightjar
Conservation status: Least Concern
Saw three of these lovely birds flying together last week and was very happy to capture a few low flying images.
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It was nice of this Hawk to turn the red tail where the sun hit it.
Luck sure does help with photography. :-)
Low tide on the River Alde near Snape in Suffolk, UK. An outstanding spot for wading birds. Here is a black-tailed godwit posing in the muck and early morning light.
Doe and spotted Fawn (the other spotted Fawn behind the Doe was not so cooperative), Wildwood Lake canal, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Mother and baby were both licking a tree stump. Bugs or sap perhaps?
Black-tailed Trainbearer - Zuro Loma Reserve, Quito, Ecuador
Bird Species # (480) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
eBird Report and listing details - macaulaylibrary.org/asset/369457561?_gl=1*12gwcut*_ga*ODc...