Please send in your wildlife photos. Now that I’ve resumed this feature, I’m hoping for some good submissions. Thanks!
Today we have more photos of tropical birds from biologist John Avise. John’s captions and IDs are indented, and you can enlarge his photos by clicking on them.
Panama Birds, Part 3This is the third in a five-part WEIT mini-series of birds I photographed in Panama during a seminar trip in 2008. [JAC: Part 1 is here and Part 2 here.]
Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata):
Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea):
Gray-breasted Martin flying:
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus):
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus):
Greater Ani (Crotophaga major):
Groove-billed Anis (Crotophaga sulcirostris):
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus):
Keel-billed Toucan, headshot:
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis):
Lesser Kiskadee (Pitangus lictor):
Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus):
Beautiful! I love seeing the beak shapes.
Lovely photos – thanks as always!
Terrific pictures! Beautiful plumage …
Very cool. Thank you. The Lineated Woodpecker and the Pileated Woodpecker must be sister species. They are so similar.
yes, wonderful as always, thank you! The tanager sure is a gem!