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juddpatterson — Blue-crowned Motmot
Published: 2010-03-18 05:20:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 7574; Favourites: 237; Downloads: 2625
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Being in Miami, travel to the Caribbean and Central America is relatively cheap and easy. I made a last-minute decision to spend a weekend in Trinidad. Here is one of the birds that I found.I was following some manakins when I flushed this Blue-crowned Motmot (kingfisher relative). Motmots love to sit motionless for long periods. He picked a lovely little spot to perch and by contorting myself and my tripod around some trees I was able to capture a few images. The fill flash that I added seemed just right to bring out his wonderful colors. Check out that amazing racket tail too! Motmots are definitely a group of my favorite birds.
7D + 500mm + 1.4x TC at 1/25 second!!
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So beautiful. If I decide to do this bird species for an art project, may I use this pic as a reference if I link to your page?
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Yes, you can use this image as long as the use remains non-commerical.
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Cool thanks! Yes, it'd be non-commercial.
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Wow, with a 500mm plus a 1.4x, and onyl 1/25.... this is a surprisingly sharp photo! Great catch!
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It surprised me too...I didn't think I could pull it off as I worked to view the bird through a tiny window in the forest.
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Wow, I love the feathers on its tail! He looks great! n_n
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This is a beautiful shot of a beautiful bird! [link]
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The colors and beak shape and the eye mask made me think of our scrub jays here... but I read up, and I guess they are not that closely related.
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I can see what you mean, but no...they aren't closely related. The motmots are actually close to the kingfishers!
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Ah...That makes sense. The motmot colors do remind me of kingfishers.
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Talk about a beautiful bird!! Great capture!!!
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I agree ^^ this is a beautiful bird 
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torogoz... that's how it is called in my country, is a very special bird for us
Great shot.
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I love motmots!! Did you get to see/hear any chachalacas?
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Not in Trinidad (although they are there)...but in Costa Rica there were dozens of Gray-headed Chachalaca calling and feeding at Rancho Naturalista. It was really fun to see a few tentatively enter the feeding area and then the entire flock would run and fly in...what a sight!
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Ohhh but the grey-headed chachalaca doesn't sing like a crazybird! I've been working on a fossil chachalaca. I've seen some cracids in captivity, but... I neeeeeed to see a chachalalca in the wild.
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Awwww, the motmot has got to be my all time favorite birds. I live in Trinidad so I do get to see them every once in a while... but I'm an epic failure at photography, so I've never gotten a clear shot at one (or any bird).
Great shot
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this bird have the colors of my country 
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Asa Wright Nature Center, Trinidad and Tobago
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Nice, these birds come to my backyard all the time.
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That's a scary slow shutter speed! I wish the standard kingfishers here in Hungary would sit as still. Normally they're a lightning-blue streak above the water.
Nice capture.
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What a colorful bird, definitely something we dont see everyday. lovely capture
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