Here's another of the reasons you don't get far round the trails at La Selva! We spent quite a bit of time studying this Double-toothed Kite perched over the trail. I usually see these birds soaring around over the canopy with the white feathers on the side of the rump all "fluffed-out" (they often appear as white-rumped birds), or more rarely following monkey troops in the forest. Apparently they do this to pick-off any small mammals or birds flushed by the troop. A smart bird indeed.
Wednesday, 21 February 2007
Double-toothed Kite, Costa Rica 5 Feb 2007.
Here's another of the reasons you don't get far round the trails at La Selva! We spent quite a bit of time studying this Double-toothed Kite perched over the trail. I usually see these birds soaring around over the canopy with the white feathers on the side of the rump all "fluffed-out" (they often appear as white-rumped birds), or more rarely following monkey troops in the forest. Apparently they do this to pick-off any small mammals or birds flushed by the troop. A smart bird indeed.
