When the gorgeous Rufous Motmot appeared near the Hide, there was palpable excitement among our group of photographers. The Rufous Motmot is the second largest and perhaps the most spectacular of the motmots. The only other Motmot I’ve seen is the Lessons’ Motmot in Costa Rica which is gorgeous too but doesn’t have the rufous coloration. The other thing I noticed is that the eye of the Rufous Motmot is black while the Lesson’s is red. The Rufous’s black eye clearly reflects the bug tarp at the Hide and the Hide is also there so I guess technically, so am I, hence, the title of this post, “Me and the Motmot.”