| Blue-chested Hummingbird is one of the commonly-seen hummingbirds at the feeders infront of Panama's Canopy Tower. At top below is the female of the species, and at bottom the male, showing the species' namesake plumage. One day in September 2004 I steped out of my room at the Tower to find an employee trying to catch a Blue-chested Hummingbird that had slipped into the building. I climbed onto a railing and took off my hat, and laid it gently over the bird, then reached under to cup the somewhat dazed creature. I carried the hummingbird outside and released it, and after taking a few seconds to get its bearing, it flew safely to a nearby perch. Another successful hummingbird rescue mission! |
| The picture directly below was captured during my July 2005 stay at the Canopy Tower. I'm particularly fond of this image because I managed to catch the hummingbird as it was blinking. |
| I captured a great deal of excellent footage of Blue-chested Hummingbird on my May 2006 trip to the Canopy Tower. I find the images at bottom particularly intriguing, a nice detail of the hummingbird's tail feathers, and a shot of it in an odd upward-facing pose. My father recently had a "Hummingbird of the Month" calendar on his kitchen wall; when I looked at the photo of a Blue-chested Hummingbird, I commented that I'd never seen this species' chest look so blue, and that the image must have been digitally enhanced. The still just below shows the most blue in the chest I have ever seen on this species in nature- this image has not been altered. |
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