2024—Sparkle Plenty

The Garden Emerald certainly has plenty of sparkle. We saw him briefly in the same Rabo de Gato hedge where we photographed the Snowcap. This is probably a young bird, just getting the glorious and sparkling feathers that eventually will cover his entire body. In the mean time, he seems suspended in midair as he turns away from the flower he fed on and prepares to zip off to feed on another one.