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Welcome to Mostly Twigs!
Almost all of these pictures were taken in the wild or semi wild, parks and such. Birds that were going about their business and occasionally being curious about what the hell I was doing on their patch.
Because these shots are taken in the wild and my shooting style is one of hiking, stalking etc. it's sometimes difficult (but fun) to get set up for that perfect shot. Of course serendipity comes into play and is one of the big attractions of this kind of shooting.
I will sort things into sub galleries as soon as I figure out how to do that. In the mean time I will continue to add photos and text.
Enjoy.

Cheers
Bryan
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oneeyeblink > Prong-billed Barbet at Tapanti National Park just outside the ranger station. It was very dark so most of any light in this shot is flash.
oneeyeblink > Sulphur-winged Parakeet up at San Gerardo De Rivas, Costa Rica. Usually parrots and parakeets in the rain forest are very shy and almost always stay up in the taller treetops. 
This guy was one of a bunch that settled low in a Guava Tree right over our heads. They certainly knew we were there but other than checking us out occasionally seemed unconcerned about us being right under the tree. Needless to say we were very excited or at least I was. Noel says these guys are reasonably common up there but I was still excited.
oneeyeblink > Amazon Kingfisher
oneeyeblink > Masked Tityra up at San Herado, Costa Rica.
oneeyeblink > Snowy-bellied Hummingbird. Up at San Gerardo De Rivas, Costa Rica. This species is very fussy about being approached. You have to do it in a kind of oblique way. Usually when you show no interest in them by stalking another bird. At that point they seem to get curious. Fortunately the "other bird" wasn't all that interesting so I was sufficiently defocused to notice this guy/gal.
oneeyeblink > Silvery-fronted Tapaculo at Tapanti National park. I will admit right here that I had never known of this bird until my friends Noel and Luis heard it in the underbrush near the station. They were both very excited and dropped everything to get the little bugger to reveal itself. These birds do not like to show themselves and are very secretive.
A two second appearance deep in some dark underbrush was enough to get two decent shots, this was the better of the two.
This is one of the more enjoyable problems with traveling around with two very experienced Costa Rican birders. They don't get all that excited about the glossy, gaudy more common species. Birds like the Golden-hooded Tanagers, birds by N. American standards that are dressed to kill so to speak. They will get excited about dull little guys like the Tapaculo. Birds the local birders know are special but you never hear about in the travel brochures.
oneeyeblink > Fork-tailed Flycatcher in the rain near San Isidro, Costa Rica.
oneeyeblink > A very soggy Great Kiskadee, another common bird in Costa Rica. They can be clowns and pack a lot of bossy personality in a robin sized package. As a result I consider them to be a worthy subject.
oneeyeblink > Golden-hooded Tanager. Yes, I know these guys are common in Costa Rica but dammit this is the first half decent shot I've got of one. The background is real, its the neighbors stucco wall.
Prong-billed Barbet at Tapanti National Park just outside the ranger station. It was very dark so most of any light in this shot is flash.
 > Prong-billed Barbet at Tapanti National Park just outside the ranger station. It was very dark so most of any light in this shot is flash.
Prong-billed Barbet at Tapanti National Park just outside the ranger station. It was very dark so most of any light in this shot is flash.
Camera: Nikon Corporation (Nikon D300) |
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Keywords: costa rica prongbilled barbet
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