Hummingbirds

The first three images, taken near the visitor-centre for La Fortuna waterfall, are of the same bird and serve to illustrate how their appearance can change quickly. The photo of the youngster getting it's supper was taken in the garden at La Fortuna.

A visitor the garden at Monetverede, this one is also shown in the header for this page.

Very pretty male sitting patiently in Moteverde. We did see some on the feeders, but this is perhaps more representative.

Another from the garden at Monteverde. NB. This bird does not appear in the Birds of Costa Rica book, at least not by this name.

The second image was captured whilst enjoying the sun in the gardens at Monteverde.

This shot of these tiny birds (male and female respectively) were taken in the garden at Monteverde.

Photographed feeding on the flowers in the hotel garden at Monteverde.

This flower-piercing hummingbird and the only one to have fully white underparts (it was so tempting to write underpants) caught in the act.

It proved to be quite elusive as it darted about in the canopy above us in Manuel Antonio NP. This being the best shot we could manage.

Seen living up to its name during our first afternoon at Esquinas Rainforest Lodge.

Seen during an afternoon walk near to Esquinas Rainforest Lodge. This is a record shot just about captures this small bird, as it perched quite high up and at a distance. So, big crop and against the light.

Seen and photographed near our hotel in Savegre.

This seems to be another omission from 'the book', but again may simply be listed by another name.

This bird which also known as the Admirable Hummingbird, is closely related to the Magnificent Hummingbird. It was seen out of the window at Restaurante Cabinas La Georgina where we had stopped for lunch on the way from Esquinas Lodge to Severgre. At 3100m altitude, this was the highest point in our trip that we we able to stop and take photos.

Two consecutive frames 0.1s apart give us another example of how different the same bird can look in an instant.

NB. Another Hummingbird not listed in 'the book'.

The first image was captured near to the hotel in Monteverde. The second was taken in Savegre.

The reddish-brown wing bar is quite distinctive along with the white tail.

This one was photographed during an early morning walk near our hotel in La Fortuna, but examples were also seen in Manuel Antonio.

Female Volcano or perhaps Scintillant Hummginbird, another of the tricky ones to photograph and to identify as a lot of the female hummingbirds are very similar in apperance.

This bird was feeding obligingly outside the restaurant at the top of the long series of steps that went down to La Fortuna waterfall.

Seen along the road at Esquinas, this one was quite wary and difficult to photograph.