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Male Snowcap It's very cold and wet in northern Costa Rica right now, but it makes for calm hummingbirds. I've been very lucky with these the last few years. Costa Rica,Geotagged,Microchera albocoronata,Snowcap

Male Snowcap

It's very cold and wet in northern Costa Rica right now, but it makes for calm hummingbirds. I've been very lucky with these the last few years.

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Ernst

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Can’t get any better. Posted 2 years ago
1. Mike Melton
  
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  Thanks! But I'm still trying to get the light correct where I can expose for the dark feathers and the white cap to see the texture. It's one of the most challenging to get right. Posted 2 years ago
2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
    
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    I like it: really fits its name, like a tiny patch of snow was dumped right on his forehead :) Posted 2 years ago

Ferdy Christant

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Why do they call it the sno.......oh, wow. Posted 2 years ago

Calbost Niel

Lion

Absolutely beautiful. Eye is perfect Posted 2 years ago
1. Mike Melton
  
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  They're spectacular little hummers! Posted 2 years ago

NattyOne

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FFfwpfff!! Magical Mike Posted 2 years ago
1. Mike Melton
  
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  Thanks! I'm lucky with these. Posted 2 years ago
2. 1. NattyOne
    
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    Great, as is said, it's better to be born lucky than rich!! Posted 2 years ago

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The Snowcap

The snowcap is a small hummingbird. It is the only member of the genus "Microchera".

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Similar species: Swifts And Hummingbirds

Species identified by Mike Melton

By Mike Melton

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Uploaded Feb 8, 2023. Captured in Bijagua, Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica.

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