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  1. Peruvian wren

    Peruvian wren

    A Peruvian member of the charismatic Andean genus Cinnycerthia, which share the interesting characteristic that individuals have a varying amount of white on the head ranging from none, to a simple eyering, to blotches that can cover most of the head. This is apparently in relation to breeding...
  2. Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemilln

    Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemilln

    Cloud forest in the southern part of the park
  3. Male Black-bellied Hummingbird (Eupherusa nigriventris)

    Male Black-bellied Hummingbird (Eupherusa nigriventris)

    A male Black-bellied Hummingbird rests between sips at Cataratas del Toro.
  4. Crested Quetzal (Pharomachrus antisianus)

    Crested Quetzal (Pharomachrus antisianus)

    A male Crested Quetzal sits quietly at the cloud forest of Manu National Park, Southeastern Peru.
  5. Cloud Forest

    Cloud Forest

    Cloud Forest. This forest was photographed near the town of Papallacta on the eastern-slope of the Andes in an elevational zone known as humid temperate forest at ca. 2,600 m (8,500 ft) elevation. Papallacta, Napo Provincee, Ecuador. Cloud line on the eastern-slope of the Andes is ca. 1,500 m...
  6. Respendent Quetzal C-RICA SER 2

    Respendent Quetzal C-RICA SER 2

    I photographed this male bird in early daylight in the San Gerardo de Dota montane cloud forest area of Costa Rica. it was in a tree about 50 m distant from the roadside location of my tripod, in a pasture with scattered wild avocado trees. A much less ornate female was in a nearby tree. The...
  7. flight...Horned Guan

    flight...Horned Guan

    Reorganizing files and came across this one. Taken at El Triunfo Reserve in South Mexico when I was using the Canon 20D. We had watched it and when the beak clicking escalated, I managed to get the whole bird as it crossed a small gap. Of course, I do have others of half a bird but the...
  8. An East Andean Afternoon Storm

    An East Andean Afternoon Storm

    390m in the Andean foothills looking up to the worlds longest mountain range and seeing with my own eyes why they call it the cloud forest. Picture taken before the longest hike of my life following that river as it became a head water and eventually a forest taking me nearly 4000m higher 2...
  9. Coppery-headed Emerald

    Coppery-headed Emerald

  10. Green-crowned Brilliant - male

    Green-crowned Brilliant - male

    This photo was taken soon after the photo of the female on the same branch. It was incredible to be so close and that I was actually able to capture a few, although I erased a lot of blurs and empty sticks.
  11. female Green-crowned Brilliant

    female Green-crowned Brilliant

    this is a wild hummingbird near a group of feeders near the Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica. I was trying for another bird and noticed a few hummers would stop and land on a branch to my left.
  12. Master of the Cloud Forest

    Master of the Cloud Forest

    Early one morning, this male resplendent quetzal landed in a wild avacado tree near a Costa Rican trout pond. For a few precious minutes, he displayed the beauty of his iridescent plumage, while keeping a wary eye on me.
  13. Santa Elena Cloud Forest

    Santa Elena Cloud Forest

    One of the Beauties place in my life - Santa Elena Clud Forest in Costa Rica... deep green and misty cloud forest ... Fantastic birding include Resplendend quetzal :-)
  14. Santa Elena Cloud Forest

    Santa Elena Cloud Forest

    One of the Beauties place in my life - Santa Elena Clud Forest in Costa Rica... deep green and misty cloud forest ... Fantastic birding include Resplendend quetzal :-)
  15. Bellavista Lodge, Ecuadorian cloud forest

    Bellavista Lodge, Ecuadorian cloud forest

    Typical scene on the west slope of the Andes while we were there earlier this month (see the recently posted bird pics).
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