My last 4 species of birds from Arenal Observatory are in 5 photos because the Red-legged Honeycreeper male & female are so different, with only their legs matching! 🙂
Hummers & Honeycreepers
Hummingbirds in Nicaragua
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| Cinnamon Hummingbird, Montibelli Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Rufous-tailed Hummingbird El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Violet Saberwing Hummingbird El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
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| Long-billed Hermit Hummingbird El Jaguar Nature Reserve, Nicaragua |
The lodges in Nicaragua don’t emphasis hummingbirds as much as they do in Costa Rica where you find almost too many feeders. Most of these were found because of flowers that attracted them, all but the Violet Saberwing above. We saw others but these are all I photographed.
My Costa Rica Birds and my Nicaragua Birds PHOTO GALLERIES! 🙂
Or check out Cornell’s All About Birds website.
Hummingbirds at Monteverde
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| Green-crowned Brilliant Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica |
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| Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Curi-Cancha Reserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica |
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| Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Curi-Cancha Reserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica |
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| Green Violetear Hummingbird Curi Cancha Reserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica |
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| Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird Selvatura Adventure Park, Monteverde, Costa Rica |
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| Purple-Throated Mountain-Gem Female Selvatura Adventure Park, Monteverde, Costa Rica |
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| Purple-Throated Mountain-Gem Male Selvatura Adventure Park, Monteverde, Costa Rica |
Hummingbirds are difficult to photograph and for me sometimes more difficult to identify (why they are the last birds I’m sharing), so I’m proud of these photos and three represent new species for my photo collection. Of course we saw many more species, especially on the trail in the wild, but too difficult to photograph.
For more bird photos see my Costa Rica Birds Photo Gallery, 169 species & 26 are hummingbirds!
“Time passes too fast. Like a hummingbird flying by, it’s just a blur to my eyes.”
~Amanda Leigh
~Amanda Leigh