Lesson’s Motmot: Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose, Costa Rica, March 2025 — You may have noticed the recent service outage here that Pic for Today. My March trip to Costa Rica is the first trip in a long time when I have not been able to keep up with Pics for Today posts. Perhaps it was because the days were particularly full, and perhaps it was because my wife Carol came along, and perhaps I am just getting old. 🙂 Anyway, we are back and regular service will now resume. This is a Lesson’s Motmot from the gardens of the Hotel Bougainvillea in San Jose where we spent two nights as the trip got under way. Lots of interesting facts about this bird. It nests in holes in banks. The rackets form because the feathers in the bare sections are loosely attached, and are used in mating displays and to attract flying insects, as they are swung like pendulums when the bird is perched. The name comes from the characteristic mot-mot call. And, of course, they are typical of many tropical birds in their beautiful colors. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.