Squirrel Cuckoo, Los Gloriales Inn, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Los Gloriales Inn is up on the mountain slopes above the City of Tegucigalpa Honduras, on a ridge facing the ridge that runs up to La Tigra National Park. Built of local stone, it has a rustic beauty that makes it the ideal lodging for birders and naturalists visiting La Tigra. It also sits in the middle of a working coffee plantation and if you walk across the road to the coffee processing area, you have a wonderful view across the sharp valley to the ridges of La Tigra. The trees along the edge of the drop into the valley attract a wide variety of birds, depending on the season. Squirrel Cuckoos were there both times we visited. They are called Squirrel Cuckoos because of the way they move through the trees, running along branches very much like a squirrel. Though they are a common bird, and do not have the brightest plumage, they are certainly beautiful if you take a close look. Sony RX10iv at 600mm. Program mode. 1?500th @ f4 @ ISO 1000. Processed in Polarr and assembled in FrameMagic.