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Chris

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Oh purdy. Look what just dropped in. They just brought bananas out, and it brought in more activity.

What are these Ken?

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Ken Gilliland

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Sweet, I think the birds feeding on the fruit are Dusky-faced Tanagers on your first captures...

The latest one, that large bird with the blue tail is a Rufous Motmot... I'm pretty that the olive colored birds are a type of female tanager but I'll have to look up the scarlet one by the hummingbird feeder
 
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Ken Gilliland

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I don't think I've ever seen an orange and turquoise colored bird.

I have a motmot (a different species from the orange and turquiose one ) in SBRM Yucatan.
The key identifier with Motmots (which you can't see from the screen cap) is the end of their tail has paddle-like shapes feathers
 

Ken Gilliland

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The Motmot came back just before nightfall... I got a better shot of his tail feathers. You'll see they look normal then towards the end the feathers stop with only the feather shaft continuing and then form those paddles I talked about. If you're looking for motmots on the cam, the best time will be early morning or towards dusk Panama time (EST)

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Chris

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Better stop hogging
The Motmot came back just before nightfall... I got a better shot of his tail feathers. You'll see they look normal then towards the end the feathers stop with only the feather shaft continuing and then form those paddles I talked about. If you're looking for motmots on the cam, the best time will be early morning or towards dusk Panama time (EST)

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Cool. Thanks Ken.

Yeah I've been on the phone with one of my sons in NY and was telling him about this too. I sent him the link, and he's running it on his TV in his apartment. He's all about the birds too, so he's digging this. I was checking out some of the other cams also. Very cool stuff. Been watching highlights of a Peregrine Falcon in Baltimore feeding it's chicks, and a female hummingbird on it's nest in California.

Very cool stuff here Ken. Thanks for the link. Just the sounds in the background are a delight.

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Chris

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The Motmot came back just before nightfall... I got a better shot of his tail feathers. You'll see they look normal then towards the end the feathers stop with only the feather shaft continuing and then form those paddles I talked about. If you're looking for motmots on the cam, the best time will be early morning or towards dusk Panama time (EST)

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Funny, I was watching that bird come in again at the same time. Then 2 minutes later the camera switched to night vision mode. Must be on a timer for 6:15 pm.
 

Miss B

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I have a motmot (a different species from the orange and turquiose one ) in SBRM Yucatan.
The key identifier with Motmots (which you can't see from the screen cap) is the end of their tail has paddle-like shapes feathers
Very interesting indeed. The shape of the paddles at the end of it's tail is very unique.

Years ago I used to watch a Penguin live cam an acquaintance had told me about. It was interesting when they were up and moving about.
 

Chris

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Caught this cool lil' blue bird in my screen grab net just now. Don't know what it is, but it's a beauty.

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Satira Capriccio

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I finally caught some birds!

A pretty speckled bird, a red bird, and a shy yellow bird in the opposite corner
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And then ... the big birds flew in!
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Janet

Dances with Bees
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I'm watching that cam now, WOW! So many different kinds of birds! And after someone put out some kind of melon a squirrel came and stole a piece.
 
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