Long-billed Hermit

Long-billed Hermit. Rio Santiago Nature Lodge, Honduras

I have never seen a Long-billed Hermit perched. Never. I have seen them flying in the rain-forest. I have heard them calling, presumably from a perch, in dense foliage, and I have seen them at feeders at the Lodge at Pico Bonito and Rio Santiago Nature Lodge, but once they left the feeder, I could not track them to their perch. Therefore I had to resort to feeder shots at the Rio Santiago Nature Lodge for my pics. This is a big hummer…and I did not even catch the full length of the tail. If you look closely you will see that 1/3 of the long bill is inside the feeder tube.

Nikon P900 at 700mm equivalent field of view. Shutter preferred. 1/400th @ ISO 100 @ f5.6. Processed in Lightroom.

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