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Glossy flowerpiercer |
Beside a trail at Yanacocha Reserve, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano northwest of Quito, was a little pool of water, no more than a foot wide and a couple inches deep. It didn't look like much, but it was pretty popular with the local birds. I sat for a while, and within a few minutes a glossy flowerpiercer approached the pool, waded in, and had a bath.
Half an hour later, a masked flowerpiercer did the same.
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Masked flowerpiercer |
Over the next hour or so, two species of hummingbirds and an antpitta dropped by as well. The hummingbirds jumped right in, but the
antpitta was apparently a little more shy about bathing in public.
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Rainbow-bearded thornbill |
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Tyrian metal-tail |
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Rufous antpitta |
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