Magnificent Hummingbird (female), Eugenes fulgens, Panama highlands

ISO 100 | 100mm | 1/200 | f/3.2

A female hummingbird in the highlands of Panama.

Note the presence of bird mites on the dorsal base

of the beak. These warm climate parasites might

be transmitted between birds at common

feeders.

Hyla rosenbergi, Panama

Pool frog (male), Rana lessonae, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

ISO 200 | f/5.6 | 300 mm | 1/80

During the spring and summer breeding season

these common pond-dwellers are vocally active

during the day and night. Males, like the one pictured

here, engage in vocal and physical disputes with other

males in the breeding aggregation. Their song has a

'squeeky' quality, is of variable duration, and is radiated

through bilateral vocal sacs located directly beneath

the ear drums.

a mountain gem (genus Lampornis) in the highlands of western Panama

nocturnal quiescence