{"id":12805,"date":"2019-12-17T06:46:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T11:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=12805"},"modified":"2019-12-17T06:46:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T11:46:45","slug":"red-headed-barbet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=12805","title":{"rendered":"Red-headed Barbet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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My only really good look at the \u201cother\u201d barbet of Costa Rica, the Red-headed Barbet, came on my very first trip. Since then I have either not seen one at all…or, as on this year\u2019s trip, only had momentary glimpses of the female. I put it down to simple bad timing. They are there. And this female which appeared for only a moment at the feeders at Soda Y Mirador in Cinchona, is proof. The male of the species is unmistakable, with its bright red head, but the female is certainly an attractive bird as well. I would not have expected the blues around the face, which are totally lacking in the male. A few of the folks on my Point and Shoot Nature Photography Adventure in Costa Rica were better positioned than I was and got killer shots of this bird. Hard not to be jealous. \ud83d\ude42 Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Anti-motion Blur mode. Processed in Polarr and Apple Photos. <\/p>\n

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