White-whiskered Puffbird: Pierrella Ecology Gardens, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, March 2025 — It as hard not to be infected by the infectious excitement of our guide at Pierrella Ecology Gardens, who happened to be the wife in the couple who owns and manages the property. Each bird was the best bird yet, and she showed us each one as though it had be specially created just for us this moment, and as though she knew the artist personally. Something like that. And I totally get it. This is not a bright flashy bird by any means, but it is a very special bird, and one I don’t think I had ever seen before…and there is was on the branch of a coffee tree, deep in old plantation by the trail. Such a treat! Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.