Copper rumped hummingbird3/10/2023 I had read many accounts of this road, lol! There was just enough room for two vehicles to squeeze past each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming fast around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a van/small bus. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest high up a mountainous road. The Asa Wright Nature Centre, on Trinidad, is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with some of the birds. What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful and interesting things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - flights (we were so very lucky to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!), accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could choose from. Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together (from 12-21 March 2017), spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, much larger island of Trinidad. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going. This adventure was only the second holiday (or was it actually my third?) of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a wonderful, one-week trip with my great friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. Copper-rumped hummingbirds perch conspicuously and defend their territories aggressively against other hummingbirds, bees, and larger bird species this is especially during mating season, which is early in the year." From Wikipedia.Įn./wiki/Copper-rumped_hummingbird The food of this hummingbird is nectar, taken from a wide variety of flowers, and some small insects. erythronota, is smaller and has more bronzing on the upperparts than the nominate A. The subspecies which breeds in Trinidad, A. The head and underparts are bright green, the thighs are white and the tail and legs are black. The adult has copper-green upperparts, becoming copper-bronze on the rump. The bill is fairly long, straight and mostly black with some pink on the lower mandible. The copper-rumped hummingbird is 8.6 cm long and weighs 4.7 g. It is the predominant species of hummingbird in Trinidad and Tobago. Incubation takes 16–17 days, and fledging another 19-23, and there may be up to three broods in a season. The female copper-rumped hummingbird lays its eggs in a tiny cup nest on a low branch, or sometimes wires or clotheslines. This hummingbird inhabits open country, gardens and cultivation. It is a seasonal migrant in parts of Venezuela. "The copper-rumped hummingbird (Amazilia tobaci) sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a small bird that breeds in Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and has occurred as a vagrant on Grenada. HAPPY EASTER, everyone! Here, children are going to have to hunt for Easter eggs in the snow! Copper-rumped Hummingbird / Amazilia tobac, Trinidad
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