The green honeycreeper is a very attractive small species of tanager in the bird family Thraupidae. This bird is common and conspicuous over its range from southern Mexico to southeastern Brazil. It feeds largely on nectar, fruit, and insects, and often frequents feeders supplying fruit. Its plumage is strikingly sexually dimorphic, females being grass green, […]
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Brazil Day #8 – Wet Hummers
Yesterday was a very wet day. It was bucketing down all day long, which hampered our birding efforts. We found shelter at Jonas feeding station, which was rather overwhelming despite the ‘low’ season and torrential rain. Jonas operates this feeding station at industrial scale – hummers use 10-20 liters of sugar water every day! Jonas […]
Costa Rica Photo Journal by Don Getty – Part 3 of 3
On Day 7 we were off to Arenal Observation Lodge, but stopped along the way at Las Iguanas restaurant for lunch and photographing Iguanas – both were quite good. The restaurant is along a river where the Iguanas congregate in the trees along the river banks and often come onto the restaurant property, just outside […]