this female flame-rumped tanager was relentless with the food begging, at one point, the exasperated male tried to stuff her bill with some of the ferns but she was not fooled...

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"many people say i am the most beautiful puffleg, others say this is wrong, i am the most beautiful hummingbird -- and well known to be one of the most modest and unassuming too!" -- little ball of green mad

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spotted in the forest!!!!

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"i do not wear specs nor do i feel like i'm any more speckled than the common run of hummingbirds & yet u keep calling me that" - huffy speckled hummingbird (i don't name em, i just identify em)

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puff legs are the best legs

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what if u spotted this cutie hiding in the vines!!!

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Hiya... I'm here about the free food? You know anything about that?

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eyebrow game strong!!!

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the wily caracara, perhaps the most intelligent of the raptors, often wins the game of pitiful human vs. caracara

notice how this pair of Yellow-Headed Caracaras has posed to enjoy the sun & wide views of the mountain scenery without giving the photographer any available angle to capture the shot with both faces in frame!!!!

i think i still like it as a landscape tho...

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