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"Did u call me a chorb? that's Ms. Chorb to the likes of u!" -- black-billed mountain-toucan

#PhotoMonday #BirdPhotography #Bird #Birding #Toucan #CloudForest #Andes #Neotropics #Photograph #Biodiversity

A big fat toucan on a lichen-covered branch is hunched and leaning down to confront the viewer. This toucan's glare is more notable because of the bright yellow around the eye, set off by the white breast, reddish-black toucan bill, and black crown and nape. This is the Black-billed Mountain-Toucan, presumed female since they tend to have slightly shorter bills. The gray sky in the background hints at the drizzle of the day, as do the tiny pearls of rain on birb's head. El Color de mi Reves, Colombia. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

big man has much to say but he's keeping shtum for now... (if you think this bird is a female, read the #AltTxt to find out why you're wrong 🤣 hint: locality is Mirador el Roble, Colombia)

#SilentSunday #Bird #Birding #Woodpecker #Subspecies #Colombia #Biodiversity #Neotropics #Photograph #BirdPhotography

A distinctly chubby well-nourished black and white woodpecker with a tiny scarlet patch of red feathers on the back of his crown giving the impression of a small beret slung on the back of his head. His black and white face pattern includes a scoop of black mask that makes his white eyes stand out. He is alert but his bill is closed, giving the impression that he is just barely keeping his comments to himself. Despite the tiny size of his red spot, this is indeed a male -- in the Colombian subspecies, the males have a tiny red cap, the females have no red at all... Mirador el Roble, CO. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

it's time to play Spot the Toucan...

for our next contestant, the mysterious black-billed mountain toucan prides herself on her ability to move unseen through the magnificent greenery of the cloud forest...

OOPS...

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her red butt gives away the whole show!!!

#Bird #Birding #Toucan #CloudForest #Forest #Trees #Neotropics #Photograph #BirdPhotography
#Silly #Wildlife #CuteAnimals

A green tree full of branches protrudes over a misty green hillside. To the casual eye, perhaps nothing to see here-- until you notice the fluff of vivid scarlet. Then the entire toucan jumps into shape. This is the Black-billed Mountain-toucan. With her red/black bill and white breast, she just looks like any patch of pattern in the rain forest trees... until you notice the red vent. Our hosts spotted this bird from, like, a mile away. Ha. Mirador el Roble, CO. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

"i am king of this forest & u will not pass" -- bossy antpitta

#Bird #Birding #Antbirds #Antpitta #Neotropics #Biodiversity #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Forest #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifeWednesday

A photograph of a dark, heavily overgrown corner of green forest where a small round brown bird with long legs stands on a horizontal branch with both wings lifted in what appears to be a gesture of aggression. This is the Muisca Antpitta of El Zoque, Colombia, and this is a somewhat misleading snapshot, since the birb is actually just hopping down with open wings to approach a nearby feeder -- no genuine aggression involved since birb was alone. But the posture tickled my funnybone because it makes the bird look so assertive. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

birb is either quietly waiting for the precisely perfect moment to let loose with a well-aimed poop or just craning his neck for a look at the pictures they nabbed...

#SilentSunday #Bird #Birding #Rare #Colombia #Neotropics #Photograph #BirdPhotography

In the foreground two slightly out of focus men are involved in a deep discussion, utterly oblivious to the large orange bird in the tree overhead who seems to be craning down for a look at what they're doing. The bird is one of the famous male Andean Cock of the Rocks who perform every afternoon in a reserve in Jardin, Colombia. They are wild birds performing to attract females but this one appears to be more fascinated with the photographers who appear to record the spectacle! Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

"sharing is caring & all but what if i really don't care that much???" -- rufous-gaped hillstar who doesn't quite get what that pesky green thorntail is doing on the flower

#Birds #Hummingbirds #Birding #BIodiversity #Pollinators #Wildlife #Neotropics #CloudForest

A thick tropical flower is festooned with two hummingbirds. A big one with a flashy bright blue bib is looking down from the top on an encroaching much smaller green birb with a white stripe over her rump and a somewhat pointy tail. This is the Rufous-gaped Hillstar (note the tomato soup stripe behind birb's bill) versus the tiny female Green Thorntail (note that it's the male of this species that has an actual thorn on his tail). Dona Dora, Colombia. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

#WildlifeWednesday quick quiz, can you name this hummingbird in just one note (bonus points if you recognize the out of focus tail in the upper left)

El Zoque, Colombia, answer in Alt Text

#Bird #Birding #hummingbird #wildlife #biodiversity #nature #neotropics #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BirdPhotography

A large green hummingbird with a lot of pollen on her face and a buffy chin is flying across the screen. There is a wash of iridescent blue on the bird's "shoulder" patch area of her long wings. You could even call that blue "sapphire." In the blurred background is the green forest but also the lower portion of a puffleg with very large white puffs and is that a hint of reddish or copper belly? Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront. (The subject of the photo is the female Great Sapphirewing. The blurred tail belongs to a Coppery-bellied Puffleg).

the color of my dream!!!!

#Fotomontag #Photomonday #Colombia #Neotropics #Wall #Mural #Color #Colorful #ColorfulMural

An open yard / garden with hummingbird feeders is backed by a building with a huge colorful building that has a pair of trogons, a sylph, a mountain toucan, and a blue jay painted on it -- all these are realistically painted depictions of actual species that live in the forest surrounding this structure. The script painted on the side of the wall over the yellow sun says, "El Color de Mis Reves," French for the "color of my dreams." El Color de Mis Reves, Colombia. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

#SilentSunday #SundayVibes #Rain #Friendship #FriendshipGoals #Birds #Birding #Hummingbirds #Biodiversity #Pollinators #Neotropics #Iridescent #Photograph #BirdPhotography

Three beautiful hummingbirds with iridescent plumage are sitting on a branch. It is raining, as we can tell from the dark green forest background heavily spotted with droplets. This saturates the bird's feathers, giving them a wonderful glow. A weak shaft of light singles out the bird in the middle, who is exceptionally beautiful with a brilliant neon near-lime green bib and throat paired with vivid violet underparts. The birds on either side sit looking at him. They too have gorgeous flashy purple/violet underparts, but their color is matched with black heads and bibs and snow white undertails. All have their bills somewhat lifted as if to greet the rain-shower. The central bird is an adult male Crowned Woodnymph. The two flanking birds are Velvet-purple Coronets. Dona Dora, Colombia. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

"every day is a great day to be a woodpecker, prove me wrong!" -- triumphant male Acorn Woodpecker (Colombian subspecies)

#Bird #Birding #Woodpecker #Biodiversity #Neotropics #Subspecies #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

An Acorn Woodpecker is posed on an old rotten snag with a hint of golden light shining through the gaps. The Woodpecker has lifted his beak as if to triumphantly show off the kernel of corn he has "captured." He has a restricted red cap on the back of his crown, so we know he is a male. Colombian female Acorn Woodpeckers do not have the red mark. Mirador El Roble, CO. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

#Bird #Birding #Neotropics #Forest #Wildlife #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Mood #Nature

A large deep red-orange bird with a pom pom head that looks almost beakless is bowing and leaning from a branch with black wings very slightly flexed. This is a displaying male Andean Cock of the Rock. He is also singing, if the sound he creates can be described as song. It's pretty industrial. Jardin, CO. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront

"chunky with pom pom on head seeks female willing to overlook this fact... am also blessed with the gift of being able to sing like rusty industrial equipment in a high wind..." -- male Andean Cock-of-the-Rock

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#Bird #Birding #Neotropics #RareSpecies #Funny #Photograph #BirdPhotography

"No, you may not tickle the white belly" -- white-bellied woodstar

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#Bird #Birding #Hummingbird #Pollinator #Woodstar #Biodiversity #Nature #Neotropics #Photograph #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography

A vaguely angry-looking tiny hummingbird is hovering. His snow white belly and breast shows off the brilliant purple of his throat and the shimmering green of his upper body plumage. His wings are blurred, and so is the background, suggesting movement. This is an adult male White-bellied Woodstar, a hummingbird that "bumbles" along as it flies while it makes a bee-like noise that send bigger hummingbirds out of the way thinking he's an oversized bee. El Bosque GUijara Reserve, Colombia. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

what if this lil wanna-be bumble-bee came barreling out of YOUR flower patch?

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#Bird #Hummingbird #Pollinators #Neotropics #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdInFlight #Fotomontag #PhotoMonday

A mostly cinnamon and green chubby little hummingbird is barreling away from some yellow-green vegetation. Bird has a vaguely angry expression in her eyes. This is a female Gorgeted Woodstar. El Bosque Guijara Reserve, CO. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

it's #SilentSunday, caption of this photobomb is left as an exercise to the viewer!

#Birds #Hummingbirds #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Neotropics #CloudForest #Colombia #OutOfFocus #IntentionalOutOfFocus #Photography #BirdPhotography #Depth of Field #Photobomb

A silly photo that is a largely out of focus blur of a displaying Coppery-bellied Puffleg with HUGE white "boots" and an iridescent blue tail, coppery-gold belly, and green bib and face approaching some pinky-red berries. However, from the lower right hand corner of the image, a Swordbill hummingbird is popping into view sharply IN focus. I think there were small insects / protein sources on these berries since they were hotly contested by the Pufflegs & Swordbills. El Zoque, CO. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

more of the female starfrontlet, when she flies you can see lots of fuchsia sparkle...

same species & probably the same bird as the previous photo

the background with the bright highlights was giving me fits but the bird herself was very cooperative

#Bird #Birding #Hummingbird #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #Colorful #BIodiversity #Neotropics

A colorful hummingbird is hovering in front of a busy blurred background of green & sky. She has her wings open to reveal her sparkly pink / fuchsia side belly feathers. This is the female Blue-throated Starfrontlet. False advertising, her throat is buffy! El Bosque Guijira Reserve, Colombia. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

"some say i am the best bird
those 'some' are correct!" -- modest & unassuming female blue-throated starfrontlet

#Bird #Hummingbird #BIodiversity #FemaleBirds #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Nature #WIldlife #Neotropics

#SilentSunday #Colorful #Bird #Hummingbird #Wildlife #Neotropics #Photograph #BirdPhotography

A perky hummingbird with a long straight bill, brick colored stripe below the gape, and flashy blue underparts has perched on a ledge to confront the viewer. This is the Rufous-gaped Hillstar, and this individual was often flying too close to get in focus. I eventually figured out that there was hummingbird food/feeders stashed under this ledge & birb was trying to tell me to put the feeders out.... Talk about bold! Dona Dora, CO. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

"if i look at u with disdain
consider that my throat is silver
and my wings are gold
and yours
Are NOT" -- haughty silver-throated tanager

#Bird #Birding #Tanager #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #Neotropics #BirdPhotography #CloudForest #Cute

A small bird sits on a branch in front of a green forest blurred into background. The bird is bright yellow with a wide silvery throat and nape. The bird's beady black eye suggests skepticism or perhaps disdain but no fear. This is the Silver-throated Tanager. Dona Dora, CO. Nov 2025. Photo by Peachfront.

"There are other barbets trying to take the food in the feeders you put out for me, I mean wtf, Spot-crowns, Red-headeds... who allowed all those other species???"

despite the size advantage enjoyed by this large barbet, this birb was kept very busy attempting to guard all the fruit feeders at the cloud forest overlook...

#Bird #Birding #Barbet #CloudForest #Neotropics #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Biodiversity

#neotropics

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