
Back-tailed Oriole (?): Neck, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — Because of where we saw it, I believe this is a Black-tailed or Mountain Oriole. It is one of 4 very similar black-headed, yellow orioles possible in Uganda, but is the most likely in the Mountain Forest of Neck. Sony Rx10iv at 567mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications and multi-frame noise reduction. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. Equivalent ISO 5000 @ f4 @ 1/500th. Plus 1.3EV.

Bright-rumpled Attila: Las Tardes Ecological Project, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica — My only excuse for this photo is that this very common bird of the Central American tropics is also very hard to see…the field guides say “more often herd than seen.” Not a great photograph, but it does show the bright rump that gives the bird its name, and the hooked beak that gives it its character! Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro and Apple Photos. (I had to dig the bird out of the shadows and it is a heavy crop.) ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/500th.