Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)
Here’s an aptly named Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird to warm you up on this Monday as photographed in Costa Rica by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser. A splash of green among all the white outside always helps, and every day that sun of ours is staying out later and climbing higher…
Read MoreValley of San Luis
This utterly spectacular view of the valley in San Luis, Puntarenas, Costa Rica was wonderfully captured by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser. Let this be your inspiration to find your own beautiful scenery outdoors this weekend, wherever you live and whatever season it is! Even if you are being snowed in…
Read MoreCentral American Rattlesnake (Crotalus simus)
RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser says that he had wanted to see a Central American Rattlesnake (Crotalus simus) since he started getting interested in herpetology. Fortunately for him he knew they were in the area of Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula where he has worked for five avian wintering seasons. After all those thousands of hours spent in the field keeping an eye out for the species, and eventually wondering if they were a mythical and magical creature that once existed in the area, they finally found one this week! Sean says it was a very poetic finding as it came on their very last...
Read MoreLong-billed Starthroat
Here is a great close-up of the Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser on the last day of hummingbird research on the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica. More information on some great finds and recaptures will be coming soon. Our thanks to him and his colleagues for their tremendous work and gorgeous photos like this one.
Read MoreCinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila)
As a part of Nicoya Peninsula Avian Research Station in Costa Rica, RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser and his colleagues band hummingbirds on a large scale to look at longevity and site fidelity. With nine species being caught on a regular basis there is quite the variety of subjects to photograph. Here we have the delightfully named Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila), a specialist of dry forests that encompass the northwest corner of Costa Rica. It is a lovely looking species with a striking cinnamon underwash and red bill. It is also one of the easier birds to spot from afar with its...
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