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Monteverde Orchid Garden and more Hummingbirds

More special out of the way places in the Monteverde Region A total delight was the Orchard Garden Tour where we were handed a…

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Published February 5, 2023
Categorized as Costa Rica 2023, Monteverde region, CRTagged hummingbirds, miniature orchids, monteverde, orchids, Rain Forest, santa elena
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El Tigre day hike, Monteverde

Up and down for hours! Swimming in cold pools and walking through sun and rain. This was a wonderful hike – almost never level.…

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Published February 5, 2023
Categorized as Costa Rica 2023, Monteverde region, CRTagged butterflies, El Tigre, flowers, insects, Rain Forest, waterfalls
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Monteverde Butterfly Garden

One of Santa Elena’s extra sites worth visiting. The tour in this delightful establishment was one of the highlights of the trip. The young,…

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Published February 5, 2023
Categorized as Costa Rica 2023, Monteverde region, CRTagged butterflies, insects, monteverde butterlies, spiders
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Monteverde, Costa Rica, Day 2

Our home for the week Day one in the Rain Forest, we were greeted by a very inquisitive (“Where’s the food?”) Coatimundi, a member…

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Published February 5, 2023
Categorized as Costa Rica 2023, Monteverde region, CRTagged Black-faced Solitaire, Coatimundi; coati, cows, hummingbirds, Motmot, oropendolas, toucanet
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Costa Rica day 1

Beautiful birds right in town, 20 minutes from the airport! Exhausted from travel and relieved to have managed to pick up the car and…

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Published February 5, 2023
Categorized as Costa Rica 2023Tagged Costa Rica city birds, iguanas, Kiskadees, lizards, Melodious blackbirds
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Bremen’s other birds, big and small

From the Great Cormorants and ubiquitous gulls, to the little song birds, Bremen birds gave great delight. The most common of the little birds…

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Published January 4, 2023
Categorized as Bremen, Germany - birdsTagged birds in Bremen, blackbirds, crows, great cormorants, Great tits, gulls, mallards, tree creepers
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Coots in Bremen, Blässhüner

They are called Blässhüner (pale chickens) in German and are a member of the Rail family. They pick along the grass for tidbits like…

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Published January 4, 2023
Categorized as Bremen, Germany - birdsTagged Blässhüner, Coots, coots fighting, eurasian coots, water birds
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The Magpie in Bremen

The magpie isn’t found in the northeastern US but very common in the west and in Europe. They are in the crow family but…

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Published January 3, 2023
Categorized as Bremen, Germany - birdsTagged birds of Europe, crow family, Magpies
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Tufted Ducks in Bremen

Cute ducks we don’t have in Amherst! I love their tufts when they hold their heads up! Bobbing along in calm and choppy waters.…

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Published January 3, 2023
Categorized as Bremen, Germany - birdsTagged Ducks, ducks in europe, tufted ducks
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Rails, Common Moorhen

These little birds were very shy and I saw their rear ends more than their lovely beaks! Only fun to photograph in the sunlight,…

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Published January 3, 2023
Categorized as Bremen, Germany - birdsTagged common moorhen, marsh birds, Rails
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About the blog

Hello, and welcome. My name is Marjorie Melnick. I am a senior lecturer at UMass/Amherst and an avid nature photographer. This blog documents my humble photo adventures, and I warmly invite you to follow along!

Categories

  • Birds of Maine
  • Birds of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
  • Bremen, Germany – birds
  • Bugs, all kinds
  • Costa Rica 2023
  • crustaceans
  • Eastern New England Birding
  • Macro
  • mammals of New England
  • Monteverde region, CR
  • Pictures just for fun
  • Turtles
  • Visit to Maine: sky, water, and critters
  • Western Massachusetts Birding

Recent Comments

  1. Adrian on Heading to the Osa PeninsulaFebruary 8, 2023

    Testing. Comments are open without needing to register anything.

  2. Marjorie Melnick on Coots in Bremen, BlässhünerJanuary 4, 2023

    Hi Jon, Thanks, and no, but I have a 100-500 that I brought this time. I needed more light most…

  3. Jon on Coots in Bremen, BlässhünerJanuary 4, 2023

    Marjorie, enjoying the photos from Germany. Did you lug your long lens along with you? Jon

  4. Wiljo on The adorable little Hooded Merganser ducksNovember 27, 2021

    A splendid bedtime story, splendidly illustrated.

  5. Janis on October 2, such a beautiful day!October 4, 2021

    Love your photos as much as I love your story telling! I felt like I was there with you!

Recent Posts

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  • Penultimate day in Costa Rica
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