Here’s the hummingbird!

October 19, 2025 • 11:00 am

Did you spot the hummingbird in Athayda Tonhasca Júnior’s photo this morning? Well, here’s a photo and and video reveal.  This one was fairly easy, I thought:

The first video reveal we’ve had:

 

His ID:

The bird looks like a planalto hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), but I don’t put any money on it. This group is notoriously difficult.

Here’s the locust!

October 16, 2025 • 11:12 am

Did you spot the locust in this morning’s post?  I thought it was a hard one. Below is the reveal as well as an enlargement. Gary, who sent the photo, says this:

Best guess, Trimerotropis pallidipennis, the pallid-winged grasshopper. It looks like the critter. They are a very common grasshopper in the SW and have a huge range, from B.C. to Argentina.

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Spot the locust!

October 16, 2025 • 7:30 am

Here’s a color picture taken by Gary Roemer, a wildlife ecologist, in the foothills of the Organ Mountains, outside Las Cruces, New Mexico. Can you spot the locust? (Locusts are grasshoppers.)  I would rate this “pretty damn hard.”

The reveal will be at 11 a.m. Chicago time. If you spot it (click photo to enlarge it), just say you found it in the comments, but please don’t give clues for other people.  Enjoy!