Daily Archives: May 26, 2025
Long-tailed Tyrant
Long-tailed Tyrant: Pierrella Ecology Garden, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, March 2025 — One of the first birds our guide took us to find at Pierrella was the Long-tailed Tyrant. There were a pair nesting and hanging out in a far corner of the property, right up against the fence-line at the edge of a sustenance farmer’s garden and little banana grove. They were not at home, and though we scoured the area for quite a ways around, could not be found. Later though, while we were busy with yesterday’s Jacamar show, our guide snuck off to check the roosts again, and came back bubbling over with delight. A quick traipse back past the pond, and there it was, sitting on the top of a snag. Long-tailed indeed. Not as flashy as a Jacamar, but still a very good bird. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my macro modifications (still by mistake, I had not caught it yet). Processed in Photomator.
Ruby-crown
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA, May 2025 — It is never ALL about warblers at Magee during the Biggest Week in American Birding. The Kinglets, at least the Ruby-crowned, are always part of the show, showing in equal numbers to the more common warblers. And, they are, of course, must slightly more challenging to photograph than most warblers. They sit still just a bit less than the already active warblers and tend to feed deeper in the tangle…or so it seems to me. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.