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2026-07-29 13:52:38 CEST

since @toot.community is closing in 90 days, i am in the process of learning how to migrate, looks like it will be a pretty easy job
i will be @npub13vf…yv26 & my focus will be on bird photography although i will probably be unable to repress the urge to grumble about the state we're in from time to time...
hope you follow me there!
my favorite photo will be part of my new header
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2026-07-28 23:17:15 CEST

"my purple bib is better than your lobster bib" -- song of the purple-bibbed whitetip
#Bird #Birding #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #Photograph
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2026-07-28 20:24:00 CEST

little lollipop in a big world
#Bird #Birding #Antpitta #BirdsOfMastodon #Neotropics #Nature #Outdoors #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Green #RainForest
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2026-07-28 00:06:41 CEST

technically it counts as bird in flight photography but hummingbirds are really bird in hover photography so they are the perfect bird family for beginners to bird photography
#Fotomontag #PhotoMonday #Bird #Hummingbird #BirdInFlightPhotography #BirdInFlight #BirdsOfMastodon
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2026-07-27 18:24:52 CEST

not sure i ever got around to posting the link to my Ecuador album
https://www.flickr.com/photos/98553536@N03/albums/72177720333538536
#bird #Birding #Toucan #PhotoMonday #Fotomontag #BirdsOfMastodon #TongueOut
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2026-07-26 14:57:00 CEST

#SilentSunday #SundayVibes #Morning #MorningSun #ForestMist #Photograph #Photography
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2026-07-25 19:02:58 CEST

"u should look so good when you're molting!" -- golden-tailed sapphire
#Bird #Hummingbird #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #Photograph #Birding #Neotropics #Outdoors #Nature
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/981/684/027/812/450/original/e84bfe27b4fe2062.jpg

2026-07-24 21:25:54 CEST

#Bird #Hummingbird #BIrdsOfMastodon #Neotropics #Photography #BIrdPhotography #Nature
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2026-07-24 17:08:52 CEST

#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday #City #Night #Photograph
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2026-07-24 01:07:47 CEST

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in the US only dead people can be on money so it should be only extinct animals if we switch to animals
here are 4 i suggest for the purpose of memory & reflection
Passenger Pigeon -- deliberately hunted to extinction
Carolina Parakeet -- deliberately hunted to extinction
Ivory-billed Woodpecker -- deliberately made extinct by private landowner
Dusky Seaside Sparrow -- deliberately made extinct by NASA

2026-07-23 19:42:31 CEST

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perhaps it is worth commenting that the head of the male Golden-headed Quetzal is not golden either... it is a green but it is possibly the shade of green if there was such a thing as green gold the way there is such a thing as rose gold...
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2026-07-23 19:36:50 CEST

gray head on a gray day
i have not seen many female quetzals, this one is lumbered with the species name Golden-headed Quetzal... she is only a little exasperated...
#Bird #Birding #Quetzal #Trogon #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BirdPhotography
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2026-07-23 19:19:17 CEST

#Throwback #ThrowbackThursday #2009 #Landscape #Photograph #LandscapePhotography #Bolivia #SouthAmerica
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2026-07-22 21:05:51 CEST

"no one will ever spot me in this green balaclava, i blend in PERFECTLY' -- the delusional paradise tanager
#Bird #Birding #Wildlife #WIldlifeWednesday #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Nature #Neotropics #Tanagers #BirdsOfMastodon
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2026-07-21 16:45:39 CEST

the struggle is real, i haven't practiced enough Bird in Flight photos where the birds are actually flying across the sky as opposed to flying in to a regular perch or feeding spot (i'm using a 400mm lens = suboptimal for distant birds)
this one was shot from the canoe, so it was take the shot or not take the shot... the birds were not gonna stop & perch on our heads 🤣
#Birds #Birding #Parrots #Neotropics #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #Wildlife #BirdInFlightPhotography
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2026-07-20 23:50:10 CEST

bloo bloo my world is bloo!!!
#Bird #Birding #Dacnis #Tanager #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BirdPhotography
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2026-07-20 16:44:04 CEST

WHOOOOO dares to interrupt the beauty of my nap?!
#Bird #Owl #Birding #Nature #Outdoors #BirdsOfMastodon #PhotoMonday #Fotomontag #Photograph #BirdPhotography
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2026-07-20 15:03:20 CEST

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some of those coins in Europe are real money!!!

2026-07-19 15:21:47 CEST

#SilentSunday #Landscape #City #Istanbul #Throwback
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2026-07-18 23:33:12 CEST

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he may think they're worth something, check some of the issues on eBay for SOLD items, not for ACTIVE items
i'm finding old magazines are worth very little because the older issues are scanned online somewhere
but if it makes him feel better, there is no harm in checking out their current value before using them to line the bird cage...
but i'm finding most magazines are not worth the space they take up

2026-07-18 16:36:53 CEST

the inwardly turned expression of this birb makes u wonder what a slender-footed tyrannulet must ponder so deeply...
#Bird #Birding #Tyrannulet #NewWorldFlycatchers #Photograph #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon
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2026-07-17 13:59:07 CEST

#WindowFriday #Fensterfreitag #Photography #City #Landscape
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2026-07-16 15:01:56 CEST

VIP very important pedestrian busy & on the way to VIP mynah bizness
a new edit of an old Olympus UZI file
#Bird #Birding #Myna #PostProcessing #Photograph #Photography #Olympus #BirdsOfMastodon #Throwback #ThrowbackThursday
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2026-07-15 19:31:09 CEST

#WildlifeWednesday #Bird #Birding #Neotropics #Biodiversity #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #Photograph
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2026-07-14 17:28:56 CEST

shots like these remind me that i need to learn how to do noise reduction
this is Cocha Antshrike male, a rare endemic found in wet lowland forest (when he is found at all) that i photo'd from the canoe = fast shutter speed & moving bird (he was singing & hoping) = ISO 25,600
this antbird has a stark black male while the female has more colorful chestnut or cinnamon paired with her black "hood"
#Bird #Photography #Photograph #Rare #Endemic #Neotropics #Antshrike #BirdsOfMastodon
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2026-07-14 01:54:20 CEST

it's easy to identify this species of macaw from a large distance because of the red underwing that shows from a long way... can u name these birbs? (answer is in the Alt Txt)
#Birds #Birding #Love #Parrots #Macaws #Neotropics #Photograph #BirdInFlightPhotography #Fotomontag #PhotoMonday #BirdsOfMastodon
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2026-07-14 00:20:24 CEST

our tropical paradise is just for the 2 of us ❤️
#Fotomontag #PhotoMonday #Birds #Parrots #Birding #Macaws #Nature #Outdoors #AmazonBasin
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/914/899/083/386/527/original/fcb3bf198fb863fd.jpg

2026-07-13 15:15:06 CEST

will u spot the capped heron before the capped heron spot u, i think not!!! guardians of the lowland lagoon!!!
#bird #birding #heron #AmazonBasin #Nature #Outdoors #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #PhotoMonday
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2026-07-12 18:02:45 CEST

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i don't know what hummingbird they are illustrating but i think this was brought home in hummingbirds when a VERY widespread & (we thought) well-known hummingbird, the white-necked jacobin, was discovered that if you did the DNA test, around 10-20% of the birds in "male" plumage were "females" (capable of laying eggs)
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/907/823/850/992/550/original/d50a35c8d3e03e35.jpg

2026-07-12 14:32:26 CEST

#SilentSunday #Wall #Mural #PublicArt #Biodiversity
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2026-07-11 15:55:24 CEST

are these palm nuts? can this tanager eat them??? or is this just a case of little bird, big dream?
#Bird #Birding #Tanager #Biodiversity #AmazonBasin #Neotropics #Nature #Outdoors #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon
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2026-07-10 21:47:05 CEST

"i am the most beautiful birb in this lagoon, prove me wrong" -- masked crimson tanager
#Bird #Birding #Tanager #Neotropics #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BirdPhotography #WIldlife #Nature #Outdoors
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2026-07-10 17:20:26 CEST

a highly conspicuous birb with delusions of being unseen
#Bird #Birding #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #Hairdo #Cute
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2026-07-10 16:29:18 CEST

in a #WindowFriday #Fensterfreitag dreamng but it's also a #Throwback to Feb. 2019... a hint of hummingbird flowers (Turks cap) in the yard tell the tale of the winter Rufous Hummingbird my rescue parrots are looking for
Today that cockatiel is 30 years old (banded July 1996!) and the lovebird is at least 14...how time flies
today out that same window they're feeding 3 species of woodpeckers inc. fledglings
#Pets #PetBirds #Photograph
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2026-07-10 13:25:14 CEST

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the flowerpiercers approve this message
the other day i even heard the word "parasite" mentioned, COME ON!!!!
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2026-07-10 01:23:37 CEST

One of the more attractive ground doves...
#Bird #Birding #Dove #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon
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2026-07-09 13:55:11 CEST

#Throwback #ThrowbackThursday
#Photography #PhonePhotography #Photograph
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2026-07-08 16:57:15 CEST

"who says i'm lesser?" -- crispy attitude of the lesser kiskadee
#WildlifeWednesday #Bird #Birding #Neotropics #NewWorldFlycatchers #Kiskadees #BirdsOfMastodon
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/884/926/332/150/769/original/9f9d3ebf4ecbe53f.jpg

2026-07-07 13:32:34 CEST

#TongueOut #TongueOutTuesday
#Bird #Birding #Hummingbird #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon
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2026-07-06 21:01:23 CEST

this is a species of dart frog made notorious by its use by Russian authorities to murder Navalny, this is a captive specimen photo'd at the frog research station in Quito... i didn't register the name on the day of taking the photo after 24 hours of no sleep BUT it was pretty easy to google the name just now by remembering what i was told of its history...
#Frog #Poison #Neotropics #Research
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2026-07-06 18:42:40 CEST

Can you spot both halves of this pair in the white waters of this rocky river?
#Birds #Birding #Ducks #River #Water #Landscape #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #Fotomontag #PhotoMonday
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2026-07-06 17:54:21 CEST

monday don't begin until i open my eyes!!!
#Bird #Birding #Hummingbird #Neotropics #Silly #Wildlife #Cute #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BIrdsOfMastodon #Fotomontag #PhotoMonday
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2026-07-06 02:47:15 CEST

flashy!!!
#Bird #Birding #Hummingbird #Neotropics #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon
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2026-07-05 17:48:16 CEST

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sometimes a hair do is a hair don't 🤣
just kidding lil heron, you're gorgeous! ❤️

2026-07-05 14:37:57 CEST

the view from a pyramid in the year 2000
#SilentSunday #SundayVibes #Throwback #Film #Photograph #LandscapePhotography
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2026-07-04 19:18:21 CEST

"all your gardens are belong to me" -- a brown thrasher looks at the view
#Bird #Birding #Mimids #Mockingbirds #BirdsOfMastodon @Photograph #BirdPhotography #Outdoors #Nature #Backyard
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2026-07-04 15:35:57 CEST

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I did a quick re-edit to tone the background a little and make this loud little birb stand out a little more, if anyone saw the older version & wondered what the difference is...

2026-07-04 15:27:14 CEST

"of me i sing" -- the always (or is that never) quiet and unassuming carolina wren
#Bird #Birding #Backyard #Photograph #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Outdoors #Sing
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2026-07-03 17:38:09 CEST

Happy Birthday, my rescue cockatiel Boobear is now 30!!!!! he was banded in July 1996 and outlived his original owner but he has found a loving home with deep companionship with my rescue lovebird Nyota who was found in Biloxi Bay after Hurricane Isaac in 2012
Photo taken a few minutes ago...
🎂 🍾 🥳
#HappyBirthday #Birds #PetBirds #RescueBirds #Parrots #PetParrots #Cockatiel #Lovebird #SeniorBirds #RescueParrots #Photograph #LoveIsReal
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2026-07-03 16:04:59 CEST

spot the window in Sword Valley
#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday #Landcape #Goreme #Cappadocia #Turkey #LandscapePhotography #Photograph
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2026-07-02 17:49:55 CEST

Dad is kept hopping feeding his family
#Birds #Birding #BirdFeeder #Woodpeckers #Nature #Outdoors #Backyard #Photograph #BirdPhotography
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/851/163/767/463/082/original/19664f871a784408.jpg

2026-07-01 15:39:11 CEST

HAIRDO!!!!
#WIldlifeWednesday #Wildlife #Bird #Birding #Neotropics #Nature #Outdoors #Photograph #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Backlight
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2026-06-29 15:25:18 CEST

i realized this boo was hanging around the woodpecker feeder much more than was normal for a mockingbird, but now I know why...
#Bird #Birding #Mockingbird #BirdsOfMastodon #Nature #Outdoors
#Photograph #BirdPhotography #Closeup #PhotoMonday #Fotomontag
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2026-06-28 16:03:08 CEST

#SilentSunday #Landscape #Bird #Birding #Alpine #Paramo #Neotropics #Photograph #BirdPhotography
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2026-06-27 13:55:03 CEST

"I glow like a sapphire in the sun
but my floof is the color of snow... by the way... somebody remind me...
just what is snow again?" -- white-winged swallow
#Bird #Birding #Swallow #AmazonBasin #BirdsOfMastodon #Wildlife #Outdoors #Neotropics #Nature #Photograph #BirdPhotography
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2026-06-26 14:37:32 CEST

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"geez, dude, take a picture, it'll last longer, you act like u never saw a bird fly before"
🤣
his expression really does make the photo, i sometimes what people miss looking at these photos on phones....

2026-06-26 14:31:19 CEST

for your #WindowFriday, have a 20 year old post-Katrina Biloxi shot taken by one of the original or maybe the original Olympus Uzi -- the C2100UZ (not sure if there were any earlier ones in the sequence)
#Fensterfreitag #Hurricane #NaturalDisasters #Historical #HurricaneKatrina #Olympus #Photograph #Throwback
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2026-06-25 21:40:51 CEST

bloo bloo my world is bloo! -- masked tanager
#Bird #Birding #Tanager #Neotropics #Nature #AmazonBasin #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BirdPhotography
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2026-06-24 21:14:38 CEST

u will listen when i speak!-- bossy chestnut capped brush finch
#bird #Birding #BirdsOfMastodon #Neotropics #BrushFinch #Photograph #BirdPhotography
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2026-06-24 15:33:55 CEST

daddy's got the kids today and he is not thrilled, the others are learning to graze on the trunk of the tree but this brat just wants to be fed!!!! why should a lil birb pick up birb's own food when daddy is RIGHT HERE?
#Birds #Birding #Backyard #Garden @Woodpeckers #Wildlife #WildlifeWednesday #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon
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2026-06-23 14:26:11 CEST

don't go away mad, just go away! -- song of the masked crimson tanager
photography note -- like the silver beaked tanager, this species has a reflective spot on the bill, not sure why, i guess i need to look it up & see if anyone knows 🤣
unlike silver beaks, males & females both have this eye-catching color pattern, we can't assume this show off is a male
#Bird #Birding #Tanager #Neotropics #Red #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #AmazonBasin #Biodiversity #Wildlife
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2026-06-22 21:57:04 CEST

don't hate me because i'm beautiful!!!
#Bird #Birding #Neotropics #BirdsOfMastodon #GoldenLight #Photograph #BirdPhotography #PhotoMonday #Fotomontag
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2026-06-22 13:47:43 CEST

u will never spot the well-camouflaged Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle among the fan palms!!! just ask her...
(i have little experience with landscape photos and hope to learn more, i feel it's just a novelty photo when birb is THIS tiny but thoughts or suggestions are always welcome)
a 2x TC was used on a Nikkor z 400mm f4.5, a lens i like for light weight & versatility but reach is not a strong point
#Bird #Landscape #Eagle #BirdsOfPrey #Green #Paramo #Fotomontag #Photomonday #Photography
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2026-06-21 13:54:01 CEST

#SilentSunday #SundayVibes #Landscape #NikonZ7II #Photograph #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Ecuador #SouthAmerica
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2026-06-20 13:50:18 CEST

"i don't hate u cuz your beautiful, i hate us cuz your taking my food!!!!"
this purple-bibbed whitetip is OVER the violet-tailed sylph hogging the flower...
vertical photo, i recommend u click...
#Birds #Birding #Hummingbirds #Biodiversity #Neotropics #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #Funny #Cute
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2026-06-19 13:59:14 CEST

tip tap tapping at your window
tip tap tapping on your glass
there's a buttload of hungry caracaras out here
let me be on your side of the glass
(OK, there's a story -- this well-grown Great Thrush nestling is growing up right against the window glass of the Tambo Condor restaurant, presumably the parents like having humans nearby to ward off any baby-eating predators in the area)
#WindowFriday #Fensterfreitag #Wildlife #Bird #CloseUp #Birding #Thrush #BirdsOfMastodon
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2026-06-18 17:30:15 CEST

can u believe this snoozy ole cockatiel will be 30 years old in July?
nyota the lovebirb was rescued from Hurricane Isaac in 2012 so she is at least 14 years old...
#Pets #PetBirds #Parrots #Lovebird #Cockatiel #Love #Cute
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2026-06-18 15:31:40 CEST

no glass in the bar window, this chubby dude is checking us out... (i framed to photo the birb and not include the wooden frame of the window, now i wonder if i should have a taken few shots to hint that i was shooting from inside a cozy tropical bar 🤣
#Bird #Birding #BirdPhotography #Neotropics #Composition #AmazonBasin #BirdsOfMastodon
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/771/348/376/031/589/original/9611ea96a3644b84.jpg

2026-06-18 13:53:55 CEST

"Floof a floof but some other floof, not this floof, NO, u may not ever, no not ever, pet this floof!" -- soft touchable floofborb
#Bird #Birding #Donacobius #Neotropics #BIodiversity #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #Photograph
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/770/953/021/828/687/original/c5584266ed491218.jpg

2026-06-17 22:38:07 CEST

an unusual subject for me, this is a captive Yellow-Dotted Glass Frog i met at the Wikiri Sapoparque frog research center in Quito
this is a healthy frog perched on aquarium glass, the reason you can see the heart and other insides is because this animal is transparent!!!! hence the name "glass frog"
#Frog #Herptile #Amphibian #Biodiversity #WildlifeWednesday #Neotropics #Animal #WeirdWildlife #Photograph #Photography
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/767/356/948/877/883/original/5e8fac8c950d2e72.jpg

2026-06-17 14:41:51 CEST

"nobody has ever once spotted a lil ole owl behind this leaf, nope, not one time, never, not ever"
#Bird #Birding #Owl #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BIrdPhotography #Neotropics #Night #NightPhotography
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/765/490/955/751/924/original/1eb9143240a72462.jpg

2026-06-16 19:30:47 CEST

i swear this same looker was sitting in the same spot just waiting to be photo'd on my last trip in 2023...
#Bird #Birding #Tanager #Neotropics #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Nature #Outdoors #BirdsOfMastodon #Biodiversity
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/760/962/505/345/734/original/de78e6f15f202cac.jpg

2026-06-16 14:25:07 CEST

the mighty hunter sneaks up on the unwary prey from underneath!!!!! -- this White-sided Flowerpiercer female intends to use her hooked bill to pierce the red flowers at the base so she is able to drink the sweet sweet nectar without any getting any messy pollen on her = sadly NOT a #Pollinator more an anti-pollinator🤣 there's one in every crowd, huh!
@thefish the flowerpiercer bill might show better here
#Bird #Birding #Flowerpiercer #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Neotropics #Biodiversity
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/759/755/871/089/319/original/c2a85d06ce26ae17.jpg

2026-06-15 21:51:05 CEST

"u better not be looking at my girl"
#Bird #Birding #Flowerpiercer #Nature #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/755/845/118/573/729/original/e1f79d0b7806b3c7.jpg

2026-06-15 19:35:59 CEST

"splish splash don't interrupt my bath!"
#Bird #Birding #Flowerpiercer #Cute #Wildlife #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/755/322/813/338/708/original/a32b4dc03865e6a5.jpg

2026-06-15 15:32:02 CEST

another shot from Zuro Lomo, a reserve i can't recommend highly enough
this is the lovely & talented white-bellied woodstar adult male -- one of several woodstars, a group of tiny hummingbird species that move and kinda buzz like bees to intimidate the bigger hummingbirds to clear the path!!!
#Bird #Birding #Pollinator #Hummingbird #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Nature #Fotomontag #PhotoMonday #Color #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/754/349/927/036/642/original/7fe8746ecb4d683b.jpg

2026-06-14 15:49:40 CEST

for #SIlentSunday maybe one of the best photos i've ever taken
#Bird #Hummingbird #Neotropics #BirdsOfMastodon #Bloomscrolling #Nature #Photograph #Photography
#Wildlife #BirdInFlightPhotography #BirdInFlight
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/748/759/779/342/000/original/156e19476491df7a.jpg

2026-06-13 18:23:51 CEST

"Begone, u pesky mosquito!" -- Brown Violetear
"I won't stand down until I drink the last drop"- tiny photobomber
#Birds #Hummingbirds #Biodiversity #Nature #Wildlife #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdInFlightPhotography #Neotropics #CloudForest
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/743/701/022/864/673/original/c5a7089ec76f6f7b.jpg

2026-06-13 15:40:15 CEST

pink flower was a big draw... hummingbirds have good eyesight & i think they noticed that one of the resort staff was hitting this photogenic flower from time to time with a syringe of sugar water because birbs came from all over
for this image of the white-booted rackettail clutching on to drink deep, i tried some split toning to give a more filmy feel...
#Bird #Hummingbird #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon
#PostProcessing #Nature #Wildlife
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/743/066/303/211/306/original/b4d15259ac178df0.jpg

2026-06-13 14:55:43 CEST

tfw your teeny tiny bit of purple flash is little more than a goatee..
#Bird #Birding #Hummingbird #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Neotropics .#Nature
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/742/886/535/122/126/original/23610e9b1ce922b6.jpg

2026-06-12 15:37:00 CEST

"i heard that man say my flower looked fake and then that lady said i was cheater's hummingbird because i perched. some people! never happy! the beautiful model's life is a tragic one!" -- song of the violet-tailed sylph
#Bird #Hummingbird #Silly #Photograph #BirdsOfMastodon #Neotropics #BirdPhotography #HummingbirdPhotography #Biodiversity #Nature
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/737/389/525/144/310/original/a564050441305b14.jpg

2026-06-11 15:50:55 CEST

fluffy boots are the best boots
#Bird #Birding #Bloomscrolling #Hummingbird #Pollinator #Cute #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Neotropics #Nature
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/731/785/281/542/668/original/9cf4e76827959375.jpg

2026-06-10 21:16:24 CEST

didn't have my camera on hand but sometimes the old ways still work... phone digiscope of a nestling Fasciated Tiger-Heron
#Bird #Birding #Photography #BirdPhotography #DIgiscope #Cute #Backlit
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2026-06-10 17:23:52 CEST

here it is!!!!! i worked for hours to get the dream flying shot of the male Purple-bibbed Whitetip
#Bird #Birding #Hummingbird #BIrdInFlight #BIrdInFlightPhotography #Photograph #BIrdPhotography #BIrdsOfMastodon #Flying #Neotropics
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/726/487/310/955/465/original/3ff0acb25d3e98f0.jpg

2026-06-10 16:49:37 CEST

A bold and showy hummingbird that can be photographed even with phones at the Tandayapa location but it was fun to watch out for the most beautiful poses where the tail caught the best light...
#Bird #Hummingbird #Neotropics #Photograph #Photography #BIrdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #CloudForest #Nature
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/726/352/342/929/968/original/6baf224feb7eda06.jpg

2026-06-10 14:05:08 CEST

the little-known cheater's hummingbird
seriously, when u see the contortions some go thru to perch on a flower u wonder if it wouldn't have been easier just to hover like all the other birbs...
#Bird #Hummingbird #CloseUp #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Nature
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/725/711/515/349/921/original/1c7b6a6acd44df7b.jpg

2026-06-10 13:50:51 CEST

what you see pretty much everywhere you look at Tandayapa, it's a grainy "noisy" place to photograph because it's cloud / rain forest plus you're trying to capture moving hummingbirds at close range but what models you have to choose from!
here we have purple bibbed white tip, white-booted rackettail (both males) & i think blurry in the back is andean emerald
#Birds #Hummingbirds #Wildlife #WildlifeWednesday #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #Nature #Biodiversity #Photography
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/725/623/903/597/552/original/bcc6b275679c4ea1.jpg

2026-06-09 22:58:23 CEST

velvet, they call me, but do not think it means you are allowed to stroke the velvet! -- velvet purple coronet
#Bird #Birding #BirdsOfMastodon #Hummingbird #BIrdPhotography #Photograph #Nature #Neotropics
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/722/140/606/344/914/original/f41b7bc05fe8bdcb.jpg

2026-06-09 14:42:52 CEST

i'm in shape, round is a shape!!!!
#Bird #Birding #BrushFinch #RainForest #Neotropics #Wildlife #Nature #Outdoors #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #Green #BirdPhotography
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/720/190/596/158/211/original/68f4c414f10cc3bf.jpg

2026-06-09 02:36:01 CEST

"Eat your greens, eat your greens, when do i get to eat the ice cream!" -- baby fluffbucket
#Bird #Birding #BrushFinch #BabyBird #Wildlife #Nature #Forest #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Cute
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/717/335/820/172/533/original/05af77aa38d43e86.jpg

2026-06-08 23:02:07 CEST

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doubt it's anything special for the World Cup, there's lots of places where it's illegal to walk on the roadways anywhere except designated crossing spots & often sidewalks do not exist
that said, i wouldn't advise anyone from a foreign land to visit the US at this time, esp. not for something as silly as watching a sports event, there will be other sports events in places where you don't risk an interaction with the "authorities"

2026-06-08 22:27:21 CEST

did u know there was more than one kind of quetzal!!!
#Bird #Birding #Quetzal #Biodiversity #Nature #Outdoors #Wildlife #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #PhotoMonday
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/716/360/724/466/845/original/c6c54b0012067e97.jpg

2026-06-08 15:44:20 CEST

blue spangles are the best spangles!
#Bird #Birding #Tanager #Blue #Photograph #PhotoMonday #Fotomontag #Nature #Outdoors #BirdsOfMastodon
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2026-06-08 14:49:38 CEST

the cheap DX lenses are no substitute for the real deal BUT i am thinking they will do nicely as lightweight packable backups... it's a bit scary going to distant destinations when you are not really allowed the weight to carry a good backup system
a bad photo sure but a "good enough for ebird photo that backs up what was seen." this morning's O with fish over the yard -- and better than a phone photo
#Fotomontag #Photomonday #Photography #BIrdPhotography #Osprey #Bird
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/714/561/197/731/545/original/b899be7b05a456c3.jpg

2026-06-07 23:16:24 CEST

the mighty hunter has captured the wily prey
#bird #Birding #woodcreeper #BirdsOfMastodon #Moth #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Nature #Outdoors #Neotropics #wildlife
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/710/881/271/361/031/original/9cf4dac6a2ce4d6d.jpg

2026-06-07 14:52:19 CEST

"i am slick
i am sly
u don't see me
then u die"
--song of the rampaging moth trap woodcreeper!
#Silly #Bird #Birding #Woodcreeper #Forest #Nature #BirdPhotography #Photograph #CloseUp #Nature #Wildlife
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2026-06-07 13:27:57 CEST

it's #SilentSunday again,, write your own bleepin' caption 🤣
#Vibes #FriendGoals #Birds #Birding #Photograph #Photography #Flycatchers #Neotropics #Nature #Outdoors #Wildlife #Cute
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2026-06-06 21:44:21 CEST

i have never before had such a clean view of a peppershrike... birds in this reserve were SO spicy
#Bird #Birding #Peppershrike #BirdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Nature #Outdoors #Nature
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/704/866/146/096/972/original/09848a2ad1b0fac4.jpg

2026-06-06 21:21:55 CEST

they say it isn't easy being green but this guy makes it look easy, look at him glow!
#Bird #Birding #BirdsOfMastodon #Trogon #Photograph #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #Rainforest #Green
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2026-06-06 17:07:42 CEST

whatcha doin'!? does it involve food for an adorable blue-eyed birb?
🤣
(Photo note-- there's a moth trap nearby that has captured the attention of this Scarlet-rumped Cacique, a new world blackbird/icterid)
#Bird #CloseUp #Portrait #Birding #Cacique #Blackbird #Neotropics #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #Wildlife #Nature
https://static.toot.community/media_attachments/files/116/703/768/174/388/505/original/a3516b46f2e45b89.jpg