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Media notes
(All rights reserved to Alexander Clark)
Observation details
This Central American endemic was a major goal of mine to photograph while in Costa Rica. This bird, being difficult to find let alone photograph, was a real treat to see up close. Over a period of about 3 hours, I was finally able to achieve shots by predicting its movements. Often, when this particular Garden Emerald would be chased off by the resident rufous-tailed hummingbird, he would return to this perch every so often in the midst of the bush. -Garden Emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis) -Photo taken Sept. 6, 2015 near Turrialba, Costa Rica around 8:30am (total viewing time was aprox 2 hours of feeding. -Appears to be adult bird based on plumage -Behavior: Feeding from a section of verbena flower while constantly on the watch for a rufous-tailed hummingbird that would usually chase it away whenever it would be seen. This bird moved very quickly as it fed, almost insect like, similar to a snowcap. -The garden emerald and the snowcap were within 2 feet of one another at points without fighting each other. The only threat appeared to be the rufous-tailed hummingbird. The Garden Emerald, while feeding, appeared to also bob its tail occasionally while letting out a high-pitched "peep" as well. Very quickly moving, only staying at a flower for maybe 2 seconds at a time until moving to the next one.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III
- Lens
- EF400mm f/5.6L USM
- ISO
- 1600
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 4236 pixels x 2824 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.8 MB