Hummingbirds of Cabañas San Isidro
By Corey • December 21, 2010 • 12 commentsHummingbirds are just way too cool. And Ecuador just has way too many of them. It is almost unfair that one country 
should be so blessed with so many species of hummingbird. The sheer number of hummingbirds forces a bird blogger to devote multiple blog posts just to hummingbirds encountered at hummingbird feeders, an enviable task to be sure, but one that starts to feel mechanical. I mean, all I have to do is write some kind of trite introduction, which most of you will skip right over anyway so you can see the pictures of hummingbirds (from which I did my best to crop the feeders). You don’t want to read anything at all and this paragraph is as useless as a snooze button on a smoke alarm. As a matter of fact, the next sentence I write will be complete gibberish just to prove that I could write anything in this introduction and you will still ignore it to get to the flying jewels. Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are the two smartest people in the United States and I can’t wait for them to be president and vice president, positions for which they are eminently qualified, after they win the 2012 election in a landslide. See, total and complete gibberish!
Anyway, just like the rest of the birds that we spotted at and around Cabañas San Isidro the hummingbirds we saw were amazing. Enjoy them…oh, who am I kidding, of course you will and you certainly aren’t bothering to read this nonsense. On to the pictures!
Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi
Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides
Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena
Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi
Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena
Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
Chestnut-breasted Coronets Boissonneaua matthewsii
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Tags: Ecuador, hummingbirds, San Isidro
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Dude, you don’t want to be making jokes about Palin and 2012.
And nice hummers. But to me, they all look like ruby-throateds (until I see some more species myself
).
That picture of the three Chestnut-breasted Coronets is stunning! I love those three little sugar gobbling piglets.
Of course I zipped through to see the amazing photos. And then, for some unknown reason, I decided to scroll back up and see what words of wisdom must have accompanied these beautiful pictures. Thanks for educating me!
Hmm, somehow I didn’t take you as a conservative pundit. Oh well, good luck with the election. Oh, and nice hummingbirds and all but I’m a little bummed from reading your text.
Clare – you think Corey is a Conservative pundit? Those endless nights must be getting to you! He’s about as Conservative as – er, someone who is not in the least bit Conservative. Or are you being ironic like he was and I’m missing the point that you didn’t miss the point? I need more sleep…
These pix are just stunning.
@Charlie. Yes of course, it was just my poor attempt at humour. I’ve got to try to be less subtle.
Wow, Corey, amazing! The Bronzy Inca in flight is simply breathtaking and I think one of the best shots you’ve ever shown us.
Also breathtaking (in a not-so-good way) was the specter of “Beck/Palin 2012.” And my day was off to such a nice start …
I was doing research for information about how to incorporate birding into a vacation when travelling with nonbirders and found your website when I searched for evaluations of tours. I had to laugh when I read your gibberish line because I often feel no one bothers to read my blogs also..they just look at the pics. LOL
I especially enjoyed the photo of the Long-tailed Sylph. All the photos are stunning. I think if you told us the location of some of these amazing hummingbirds , we might pay close attention to your words too!!
Thanks so much for this!
@Jochen: No worries. I actually want to see her nominated just to watch her get crushed.
@Renato: Thanks! They are great birds even if they are greedy bullies…
@Mike B: Thanks for reading!
@Clare and Charlie: Does this mean I won’t get a gig as a commentator at Fox News?
@Opposable Chums and Meredith: Thanks!
@Beth: Glad to provide a laugh.
@Ruth: The post does include the location. The title is “Hummingbirds of Cabañas San Isidro” and Ecuador is mentioned in the second sentence. The birds were seen at Cabañas San Isidro, Ecuador.
Absolutely stunning.