The most Hummingbirds yet!

Of a possible 41 species I saw 30, but can't get much closer and that is 73% of my possible species in this group. All life birds except for the Ruby-throated Hummingbird -- Rhode Island's only expected Hummingbird. I saw 12 life Hummingbirds in Arizona and 1 more in California but none of the ones I saw in Costa Rica. I love these little creatures -- it was a lot of fun to experience so many in the space of 15 days.

It's also fun when they are a bunch of them together...

Curved-billed Hummingbirds - The curved-bills are the flashiest birds and was lucky to have a number of them gathering at the feeders in our lunch restaurants.

Green Hermit - was eye to eye with this bird for a few seconds -- A-MAZ-ING!

Green-breasted Mango - the one and only photo at our first hotel's garden

Violet Sabrewing - this bird circled my head several times during lunch...

Long-billed Hummingbirds - Saw them on both the coast and Lowlands.

Crowned Woodnymph - This bird showed up below the tram -- lucky to see it, twice.

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird - On the road next to Carara National Park -- very neutral plumage for a Hummingbird.

Talamanca Hummingbird - at our first Lunch spot on the Tour with fabulous feeders.

Short-billed Hummingbirds - Saw the Short-billeds all through out the tour - probably more of this type than any other.

Black-bellied Hummingbird - a single bird at the last lunch spot

Blue-chested Hummingbird - at the top of the tram in the Verbena.

Blue-vented Hummingbird - on the road next to Carara National Park

Cinnamon Hummingbird - my first bird of the trip! Villa San Ignacio

Fiery-throated Hummingbird - Love how the light changes its gorget (under neck feathers)

with a Volcano Hummingbird (the tiny one)

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird - saw them all over the place

Stripe-tailed Hummingbird - Surprised I only got one photo...

Violet-headed Hummingbird - In the Verbena at the top of the tram

Volcano Hummingbird - a tiny (even for a Hummingbird) bird, but very feisty

Short-billed Not Hummingbirds - because they do not have hummingbird in their name, but seriously still Hummingbirds.

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer - At Cope's garden

Green-crowned Brilliant - at our final lunch spot

Lesser Violetear - Lots of "air" time with this species -- they are very vocal as well.

Snowcap - a female (the male is brown with a white cap) who is giving me a serious look.

White-necked Jacobin - a bunch of them at the butterfly farm feeders

Starthroat/Mountain Gem - Only two of these were seen, one photographed - sometimes it seems like they are common and they are not. They weren't.

White-throated Mountain-gem - At our first lunch spot on the tour.

Looking forward to seeing more Hummingbirds on my next trip. Magical creatures!