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Chestnut-sided Warbler Female Bathing C-RICA SER 2
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Chestnut-sided Warbler Female Bathing C-RICA SER 2 (Setophaga pensylvanica)

On this third trip to Costa Rica, I photographed several bird species bathing (see prior uploads). These photos were taken under difficult circumstances. I stood on a platform at the heavily forested upper rim of a 15-20 m deep gorge with a small fast-flowing stream with quiet pools (where the birds bathed) at the bottom. The birds go there to bathe late in the day, and it was very dark at the bottom of the gorge. I had to use a flash with a beam narrowed and intensified by a Visual Echoes beam narrower ("better beamer").
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Habitat
Bathing in small stream in moist forest
Location
Rancho Naturalista near Turrialba, Costa Rica
Date taken
2 December 2015
Scientific name
Setophaga pensylvanica
Equipment used
Canon 7D Mark II, Canon 500 mm II f/4 + 1.4x w Speedlite 580EXII fitted with a Visual Echoes beam narrower
delia todd
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Very well done getting this picture Ronald. She's really quite pretty , isn't she.

Many thanks for sharing him with us.
 

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Central & South America & Mexico
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