Thursday, November 8, 2012

Creepy-time

The Red-Legged Honey Creeper is one of the more colorful birds around. I suppose it gets part of its name from its legs, naturally.

This is a picture of a male creeper, and they are just a striking blue, nearly luminescent. The females are just a regular green, though with the same red legs. When the sun hits the male birds just right, they seem to glow.

The creepers are also the only other bird that we have seen down here that will also eat from the hummingbird feeders that we put out, as well as the fruit.

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