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Gallery: AvianPosted June 8, 201398 views5 comments

I've seen these birds fairly frequently on several of my trips to the Caribbean side of the country, but most often they hang pretty much in the upper reaches of the trees and I could never find a clean shot. I was lucky to find this one guarding it's nest and giving me an eye.

Montezuma Oropendola

Captured on the reserve of CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center) Turrialba, Costa Rica

D3s
500mm f/4
1/2500s @ f/7.1
ISO 800
1/3 EC
Handheld

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5 comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on June 8, 2013 at 4:36 PM

Saw and heard LOTS of these in Costa Rica, but they were always too high! Nice get considering that bright Costa Rica light! Sharon

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on June 9, 2013 at 12:42 AM

Very cool to see the bird and the nest together.

Great color in this light too.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 9, 2013 at 1:14 PM

Cool, Charles. A very neat looking bird and nest as well.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on June 9, 2013 at 1:40 PM

Interesting looking bird Chuck, with an equally interesting looking nest. Very nicely exposed, the colours look wonderfully natural despite what seems to be quite harsh light.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 9, 2013 at 8:40 PM

What an amazing nest and nice job in finally getting the shot. The larger image has nice detail and interesting to see all the color variation around the beak. Well done.

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