The morning air in the forest clearing feels alive with motion. Over a patch of Heliconia blooms, a small shape darts, hovers, and pivots in midair as if the world has no gravity. It’s the Long-tailed Hermit (Phaethornis superciliosus), one of the Amazon’s most acrobatic nectar-feeders. Its long central tail feathers flick like twin pendulums… Continue reading Acrobatic dancer: a Long-tailed Hermit
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Long-tailed Hermit with a Bee at a hummingbird feeder at Gumna
In the afternoon, the sky clouded over. A thunderstorm was brewing. Despite this, the air in the Gumna Reserve on the outskirts of Belém, Brazil, was still teeming with life – chirping, buzzing, and the rustling of wings in the humid air. I sat on a plastic chair in front of a flowering bush, where… Continue reading Long-tailed Hermit with a Bee at a hummingbird feeder at Gumna