Contributor
Stefan Gleissberg Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Arenal Misticopark (Hanging Bridges)
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
Bird forages on thick trunk of old tree by rapid head movements, picking minute prey from the surface that is invisible in the video. Frame-by frame, I counted about 99 pecking movements, with only a few changes in body position along the trunk. Some peckings were double-or triple takes (maybe too fast to be caught by the video frames), particularly in the second half of the 39-seconds video, and the tongue assisting in capturing and ingesting becomes visible. Also, the bird seems to pause a few times, evaluating the presence of the observing birders.
Technical information
- Camera
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 92.63 MB