Mar 7 2023
Cabanas Potosi, El Valle de Anton. Cocle Province.
Nov 28
Feb 19 2023
male, adult
#Finca Lerida
#Chiriqui Province
Nov 25
Aug 3 2023
male, juvenile
#In our garden
Nov 22
immature, outside normal range
Ingleside - This out of range Florida bird has been around for weeks and with leaves gone it has been easier to find. Last night we had a hard freeze which had the bird not in its usual area. You won't see many shots of this species enjoying a Canadian winter. It is very healthy at this time and can fly no problem. It is feeding on dead fish, a frog (when it was warmer) aquatic vegetation and wild grapes. Those huge feet allow it to move very easily on the ice. Attempts by others to retrieve the bird so it can overwinter in a rehabilitation facility failed today. It is still too healthy and eluded its captors.
Nov 21
Nov 16 2023
juvenile
Erieau - I had tried a number of times this fall to find the species in various areas but failed until this day. Living up to its reputation, the bird was wonderfully cooperative. I did not approach it, the bird was simply very close when I found it, almost stumbling over it in a dark corner of a breakwater. Thankfully it later went into the light.
Nov 20
Mar 10 2023
juvenile
#Cocle Province
#El Valle De Anton
Nov 19
Mar 10 2023
#Cocle Province
#El Valle de Anton
Nov 18
Nov 16 2023
Nov 18