Blue-crowned Motmot, the Lodge at Pico Bonito, Honduras

Just another Blue-crowned Motmot. Okay, just because the Blue-crowned Motmot is the most common of the Motmots at the elevations around the Lodge at Pico Bonito (and even up at Panacam Lodge at the edge of the cloud forest), does not mean that it is not a spectacular bird. It was, indeed, almost the very first bird I saw at Panacam, and among the first I saw at Pico Bonito. Still. Under any other circumstances, it would be a knock-out bird. It has the long weird tail, the bright blues and greens, the deep rust of the breast, the red eye, and a sexy name: Motmot! This bird was along the entry road at Pico Bonito, in the trees overhanging, and we walked under it on our way to try to photograph Lovely Cotingas. I found myself at the back of the group by the time I finished photographing it. No one else took a second look. Birders!

Nikon P900 at various exposures as the light changed between shots, and at various focal lengths from 1000mm to 2000mm. Processed in Lightroom and assembled in Coolage.