Eared Jacamar

[Donde]

From Guaviare department, Colombia

 

[Jeff G]

Great shot Donde, I love the variety that you bring to the forum.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

I strongly echo Jeff's words. I love seeing your photos also.
Because of the beak structure, I was wondering if this is a fishing bird?

 

[Fujidave]

Stunning image and very well taken, great colours and a nice BG.

 

[Jeff1582 82]

Very good shooting...

 

[Donde]

Thank you very much guys. It does kind of look like a kingfisher and does inhabit riversides but apparently it eats insects like butterflies.

 

[otherprof122 23]

From Guaviare department, Colombia

Another beautiful shot of an interesting creature!

 

[tirediron]

Very interesting!

 

[sponner]

Great shot.

 

[davholla1]

Very nice, as someone who has been to Colombia, it is a great place for birds, it is not cheap though. Also dealing with the locals can be tricky.
One example of what I mean, there is a place called Descanso de Dona Dora, where you can buy food and watch birds (it is great, the light is not good, I should have taken a tripod). My wife who is Colombian wanted to know what food was there, prices etc before we went there. She sent a message on whatsapp asking these questions (don't forget they both have the same first language) and she was sent a link to a video with pictures of birds.
She then phoned and asked and the owner's son said "The food is not that special here, you have to order in advance are you sure that you want to eat here?". She said yes and we ordered in advance, when we got there we were asked if we wanted to change our order? (So why did we have to order in advance?)
I would like to say that this was unusual but sadly it wasn't.
Also words are not fixed, people might call a room in a house a hotel even though the definition of hotel in Spanish is the same in English.