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Although busier these last days, couldn't let the first week go without a post of my own; and for the first post with the now official #featheredfriends tag, waterbirds it is! All these photos were taken in Costa Rica, in Tortuguero National Park.
And this is one of the coolest herons I've ever seen. It's easy to see why the tiger in the name, the plummage pattern is just beautiful!
This one was a bith shy, caught her just peaking through the foliage, and judging by her pose here, she was probably building her nest.
If you ever go to Tortuguero, don't miss the canoe ride, with the park guides. It's just amazing how sharp their eyes are, finding out animals that are hard to see even with the binoculars! This next one was easy to see, thow.
Couldn't find out which species is it, but didn't seemed to mind at all while the canoe was passing him by. And a little bit later, another one that wasn't disturbed as well!
There are only four darter species in the world, so they're easy to recognize! There are also differences between the sexes, males being black with a little silver and white on the back and wings, while females have pale head, brest and neck, especially in the underparts.
And as cormorants, they can be found posing like this very frequently: after the hunting sessions, where they dive and spearfish with their pointy beaks, they adopt this position to dry their feathers!
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He looks very mean! The Tiger one that is.
They are such cool birds though!
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He looks very mean!
The Tiger one that is. They
Are such cool birds though!
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What delightful photography captures you have here, birds we see but none look the same. Tiger heron definitely has distinct features what lovely plumage!
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Thank you for visiting! I don't know about the herons, but there is an african darter! 🙂
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I love the tiger heron! What a perfect name. Your photos are great. My kids and I took a boat trip up the Belize River and I was astonished also by all of the different creatures the guide pointed out to us along the way. Even bats hanging under a rock along the river. Even with him pointing them out I had difficulty seeing them!
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I can totally relate to that!! 😂 😂 It almost seems that they place the animals there on purpose!
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He moved the boat in so close that I could almost touch them before I realized that what I thought was lichen were the bats he was trying to show me!
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Ehehehehehhe! Some animals are camouflage masters!
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