Via Fitzroy Rampersad
Fitzroy or Fitz as he’s fondly referred to as started staring at and photographing birds when the COVID-19 Pandemic compelled border closures world wide together with Trinidad & Tobago the place he was once vacationing on the time. Fitz used his loose time to watch the numerous hummingbirds in his mom’s flower lawn and shortly, with the assistance of the web he was once in a position to spot the more than a few species. He began striking up home made feeders to draw the hummingbirds. His hobby quickly grew to incorporate different species of birds creating a love for flora and fauna and particularly chicken pictures.
For lots of birders, the hunt to identify a particular chicken can turn out to be an obsession. The fun of the “chase”, the hope of a fleeting glimpse, and the enjoyment of in any case seeing the chicken you’ve longed to come upon and {photograph} are reviews that may make birding a rewarding move time. As a brand new birder, I had at all times been thinking about the GUIANAN TROGON and whilst this can be a shy chicken, it’s in no way a unprecedented and difficult-to-find chicken, aside from for me this is …
My adventure to seek out the GUIANAN TROGON started within the lush landscapes of my now-adopted house nation of Panama, a birdwatcher’s paradise. I scoured the dense foliage of the Metropolitan Nationwide Park, trekked during the lush landscapes of the Gamboa and Summit Rainforest, ascended the cloud forests of Cerro Azul, and wandered the serene Valle de Anton. I crossed the border into Costa Rica, spending days top up within the San Gerardo de Dota mountains. However, in spite of my efforts and stories of sightings from fellow birders, the GUIANAN TROGON remained elusive, at all times one step forward of me.
The GUIANAN TROGON, temporarily become my “white whale”, the logo of an elusive dream that I may no longer moderately clutch, however little did I do know, the instant I were craving for was once looking ahead to me … a lot nearer to house.
It took place throughout a go back seek advice from to my early life house in Trinidad, I sat stress-free within the yard, when, to my wonder and astonishment, there, perched on a fruit tree not more than ten toes away, was once a GUIANAN TROGON.
My center raced with pleasure after which … uncertainty, must I stay seated and experience the wonderful thing about the instant or must I rush for my digital camera … I in any case mustered up the braveness to quietly rise up and slowly again away, determined to not startle the chicken. I moved quickly to the home and grabbed my digital camera, silently praying that the GUIANAN TROGON would no longer fly away. To my immense aid, the chicken was once nonetheless there after I returned, lightly preening itself as though getting ready for the photograph shoot that was once about to ensue. I spent the following a number of mins shooting pictures of this exceptional sight, each and every click on of the shutter a testomony to my persistence and perseverance.
A couple of days later, I used to be overjoyed to identify the GUIANAN TROGON once more. This time, it was once accompanied by way of its mate. The pair was once industriously hollowing out a nest in an previous deserted ant nest at the department of a Mango tree. Looking at them paintings in combination, taking turns, was once a sight to behold, a becoming and fulfilling conclusion to my lengthy seek.
Feminine GUIANAN TROGON
The considered a couple of GUIANAN TROGONS nesting in my yard left me smiling all day.