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  1. Collared Inca

    Collared Inca

  2. Not black!

    Not black!

    We had a trial of the flash set-up provided by the tour operator, but didn't persist with it because the wet cool weather wasn't really very conducive to hummingbird activity. You can see in this picture that Collared Incas aren't actually black when the light falls on them in the right way.
  3. whirrrr

    whirrrr

    A companion piece to the previous photo - I like in this one how the wings appear in a blur.
  4. Stopping in the air

    Stopping in the air

    Anybody who has ever tried hummingbird photography will know that getting pictures while the birds are moving is challenging, unless one has a special setup (of which more later). This was just a lucky one - the bird stopped in the air before homing in on a feeder.
  5. On the lookout

    On the lookout

    The summer before last I travelled to Ecuador, on a trip that was in part a photography trip, and in part me tagging on some location onwards independently. Ecuador is a lovely country, but unfortunately in northern Ecuador, where we spent time, there is a lot of degraded habitat, and lodges...
  6. Collared Inca (male)

    Collared Inca (male)

    Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata subsp. margaretae) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Amazonas, Abra Patricia Reserve, Owlet Lodge, Per. Tropical humid montane forest (cloud forest) at 2,310 m (7,579 ft) elevation, eastern-slope of the Andes.
  7. Collared Inca (male)

    Collared Inca (male)

    Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata subsp. torquata) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Guango Lodge, Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador. Eastern-slope of the Andes in an elevational zone known as humid temperate forest (also called upper montane humid forest) with riparian vegetation adjacent to...
  8. Collared Inca

    Collared Inca

    Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata subsp. fulgidigula) Sexes similar. Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Low Andean cloud forest (mostly secondary) at 2,055 m (6,743 ft) elevation. Pichincha Province, Mindo, Ecuador.
  9. Collared Inca (female)

    Collared Inca (female)

    Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata subsp. margaretae) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Photographed at Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation cloud forest) at ca. 2,000 m (6,562 ft) elevation.
  10. Collared Inca (Ventral view in flight)

    Collared Inca (Ventral view in flight)

    Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) Bellavista Lodge, Ecuador. Edge of the Choco Region. West-slope of the Andes.
  11. Collared Inca (Dorsal view in flight)

    Collared Inca (Dorsal view in flight)

    Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) Bellavista Lodge, Ecuador. Edge of the Choco Region. West-slope of the Andes.
  12. Collared Inca in Ecuador

    Collared Inca in Ecuador

    Flying Collared Inca in San Isidro Lodge, Ecuador. Attracted by the feeders, hummers are easier than in forest. Anyway, it is still a challenge to get them in flight, outside feeders themselves. More Ecuadorian photos...
  13. Collared Inca

    Collared Inca

  14. Collared inca

    Collared inca

  15. Collared Inca

    Collared Inca

  16. Collared Inca

    Collared Inca

    Another Hummer at Bellavista Lodge feeders
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