Various Oregon Birding Piks: ECUADOR BIRD PICTURES # 2

YOU WILL START SEEING PICS OF SOME OF THE SAME BIRD SPECIES NOW. AS A PHOTOGRAPHER (I’M NOT A PROFESSIONAL OR A BEGINNER), WE ALWAYS TRY TO GET A BETTER PICTURE OF A SPECIES WE’VE ALREADY GOTTEN, SO THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE.

WHAT CAN I SAY? I’VE ALREADY TAKEN A HUNDRED PICS OF THIS GUY, SO IF HE WANTS TO POSE AGAIN, I MAY AS WELL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY. WHOOPING MOTMOT

WHITE-COLLARED SWIFT. THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT PICTURE TO OBTAIN. BUT I PERSEVERED AS THE FLOCK OF ABOUT 50 BIRDS WERE FEEDING AND WHIZZING BY FROM ALL DIRECTIONS AND I EVENTUALLY GOT A DECENT PIC. YOU CAN EVEN SEE HIS EYE IF YOU ENLARGE THE PHOTO.

FULVOUS-FACED SCRUB TYRANT. ANOTHER SKULKER AND DIFFICULT TO PHOTOGRAPH

I WENT BACK UP CERRO MANDANGO ON 11/23 TO SEE WHAT BIRDS I COULD PHOTOGRAPH. THIS ELEGANT CRESENTCHEST RESPONDED TO PLAYBACK AND CAME UP TO CHECK OUT WHO WAS SINGING, STAYED UP IN THIS TREE LONG ENOUGH FOR A FEW PHOTOS.

A PAIR OF GOLDEN-OLIVE WOODPECKERS.

CHIGUANGO THRUSH. FINALLY ONE STAYED PUT FOR A PHOTO

RUFOUS-BROWED PEPPERSHRIKE. THIS PHOTO WAS BETTER THAN THE LAST ONE.

BLUE-AND-WHITE SWALLOW. VERY COMMON IN ECUADOR. LOOKS A LOT LIKE OUR TREE SWALLOWS FROM THE STATES EXCEPT FOR THE DARK UNDERTAIL AREA

EARED DOVE. VERY SIMILAR TO OUR MOURNING DOVE. IF I HAD MY EYES CLOSED THE VOICE WOULD BE THE SAME AS WHAT I HEAR BACK HOME

DULL-COLORED GRASSQUIT. I HOPE TO GET A BETTER PIC EVENTUALLY

A VACATION TO ECUADOR WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT A PICTURE OF A TURKEY VULTURE, RIGHT.

A PERUVIAN PYGMY OWL. WE’VE SEEN ABOUT 5 NOW. NICE THAT ONE POSED LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE HIS PICTURE

YELLOW-TAILED ORIOLE. THIS BIRD (AND A FEW OTHERS) ARE ACTUALLY DIFFICULT TO GET A GOOD PHOTO BECAUSE OF THE BRIGHT COLOR (YELLOW) WITH THE BLACK. THE CAMERA SEEMS TO FOCUS ON EITHER THE YELLOW OR THE BLACK. I THINK I’VE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH SUCH. WE’LL SEE IN THE FUTURE.