I'm Back! For a little while anyway...

Since I'm off to northern Peru in a couple of weeks time I thought I'd show you all a few more feathery gems from south America. These are all video grabs and are thus not the greatest quality. However, the images do convey a sense of movement and dazzling colour!



This is a female Tourmaline Sunangel. This bird was visiting a feeder outside the front door at Guango Lodge in northern Ecuador.


This is a lovely White-tailed Hillstar. A rarely seen species, this one was at Barbara and Tony Nunnery's house in the Tandayapa Valley in northern Ecuador.


A male Long-tailed Sylph at San Isidro Lodge on the east slope of the Andes in northern Ecuador.


A Buff-tailed Coronet, also from San Isidro.


An action shot of the lovely Booted Racket-tail from the Tandayapa Valley.


A male Golden-tailed Sapphire from Amazonia Lodge in south east Peru.


A perched male Purple-bibbed Whitetip from the Tandayapa Valley in northern Ecuador.

I hope you like these images as much as I do.