Where are you? I can hear you. But where are you? Where are you?
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| Olive-throated Parakeet |
Oh green!!! How I love and hate you at the same time!!!! I know you're out there!
No one talks. No one dare say a word. The photographer is afoot! He cannot be distracted. Life bird on the loose!
I studied many calls which included the Melodious Blackbird. And all it took was their call to make me drop what I was doing and run with my camera. Birding by ear at its best.
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| Melodious Blackbird |
There are some calls that I recorded inside my brain before the trip. And it was interesting because I had forgotten that I had done it.
I had studied several calls of birds that would likely be seen during our trip and I found something interesting happen while staying at our places. I'd hear the call and move without realizing why I was doing it. I did this instinctively and didn't figure out why until I had my eye on the bird. Then I'd smile and realize why I had run in the first place.
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| Clay-colored Thrush |
And the calls would happen at crazy times.
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| Dusky-capped Flycatcher |
The bird below was the one that made me act the craziest. The Rufous-browed Peppershrike had called the previous day but I was in the shower. When I ran out in my towel, I saw the bird looking back at me but again.....no camera!!!! Of course, it flew off and wouldn't return until the next day.
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| Rufous-browed Peppershrike |
This time when the bird called, I wouldn't be caught with my pants down again! Sorry...couldn't help it:) The Peppershrike's call was so wired into my brain that I moved quickly like a firefighter responding to a fire. If it wasn't for my ear on this trip, I'd have missed out on many of the birds that like to disappear into the vegetation.
And that's some of the fun challenge behind birding in a tropical area. I'm linking up with
Wild Bird Wednesday because there are so many amazing birds out there! More coming soon.....
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