I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places.
Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.
However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had not so good photos before.
The 3.25" male Tolima Blossomcrown (Anthrocephala berlepschi) is a green hummer with a white and red cap. This was a split from the Santa Marta Blossomcrown. Both are endemic to Columbia.
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| Tolima Blossomcrown |
The 4.75" Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetei) is a large dark green hummer with a beige wing patch - an easy ID.
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| Buff-winged Starfrontlet |
Hermits are a group of hummers that are almost all brown bodied with a curved bill and white facial stripes and long white central tail feathers. The 5" Pale-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis anthophilus) is a typical hermit. Only with a guide would the ID be known.
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| Pale-bellied Hermit |
The 4.25" Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy), of course, is an exception. This hermit I can ID myself, as I have seen it many times now.
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| Green Hermit |
Woodstars are among the smallest hummers. The 2.25" male Gorgeted Woodstar (Chaetocercus heliodor) is a tiny green hummer with red gorget and white breast. It is one of the smallest birds in the world.
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| Gorgeted Woodstar - male |
The female has a buffy breast like most woodstars.
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| Gorgeted Woodstar - female |
The second woodstar of the trip was the 2.75" Purple-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox mitchellii). This is, of course, a female as no purple throat.
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| Purple-throated Woodstar - female |
The 4.5" Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis)is a uniformly coppery-colored hummingbird.
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| Shining Sunbeam |
The last hummer was a definitely a top 5 highlight of the trip. This was my 3rd time to see this bird. I photographed on on the trip to Colombia last year but it was in a distant tree. This time the bird was coming to flowers in the garden of the lodge. The 3" male Ruby-topaz Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus) is just beautiful. I could sit and watch him for hours.
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| Ruby-topaz Hummingbird -male |
Here is another photo.
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| Ruby-topaz Hummingbird - male |
I put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing
David McDonald
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