Steve G
RAINBIRDER
Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila) is a species which lives & hunts over submontane/montane rain forest often feeding at an altitude above ground. Males are black with a pronounced & complete chestnut collar; females have an incomplete or (more commonly) no collar.
Photograph taken at Dunstan cave, Asa Wright Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad.
This bird was photographed safely with a long lens & convertor from the entrance to the Asa Wright Oilbird cave. These birds have become tolerant of the twice weekly tours of the cave & choose to nest above the trail. Being a picture of a bird on the nest it is not appropriate for the general gallery.
Photograph taken at Dunstan cave, Asa Wright Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad.
This bird was photographed safely with a long lens & convertor from the entrance to the Asa Wright Oilbird cave. These birds have become tolerant of the twice weekly tours of the cave & choose to nest above the trail. Being a picture of a bird on the nest it is not appropriate for the general gallery.
