A Hover Of Hummingbirds - A female Purple-throated Mountain Gem (Lampornis calolaemus) flitted around this plant, hovering momentarily. I took all these shots in under a minute and then blended them to demonstrate how active this little bird is.
Two Fiery-throated Hummingbirds (Panterpe insignis) feeding on one of the exotic plants we found in Costa Rica
A beautiful female Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird (Campylopterus hemileucurus) in flight. Shot at 1/60th second to get the wing blur. So tricky to keep the eyes sharp at that shutterspeed.
A Talamanca hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) hovering for a split second, in the rain in Costa Rica.
A Hover Of Hummingbirds - Two gorgeous Fiery-throated Hummingbird, (Panterpe insignis) hovering around a fuschia plant, generally doing battle with the small bees as they competed for the nectar.
THE HITCHHIKER - my favourite photo from Costa Rica, Two Fiery-throated Hummingbirds, (Panterpe insignis) feeding on a fuchsia plant. A small bee appears to have hitched a ride as they hover to gather the nectar.
A Green Violetear (Colibri thalassinus) hovering to feed in Costa Rica. I'm blown away by how beautiful all the hummingbirds were in Costa Rica - so delicate and colourful.
Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
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A aptl named and brightly coloured Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) flying through the countryside in Costa Rica
Red-legged Honey Creeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
The Walking Ecosystem - A Three-toed Sloth tree climbing in Costa Rica. It's shaggy coat has grooved hair that is host to symbiotic green algae which camouflages it in the trees and provides it nutrients. Because of the algae, sloth fur is a small ecosystem of its own, hosting many species of commensal and parasitic arthropods . The algae also nourishes sloth moths. They in turn are responsible for fertilizing algae on the sloth, which provides the sloth with nutrients.
Frog on a stick! (actually not even a stick)
An endangered Yellow-eyed Leaf Frog (Agalychnis annae)
