The cloud forests are inhabited by a plethora of rainbow birds, flitting through the thick vegetation, hiding behind leaves, and rarely stopping long enough for me to enjoy. So lodges often put out feeders for hummingbirds, tanagers, and other passing species, and that gave me a chance to see some.
Chestnut-breasted Coronets are a type of hummingbird, and very argumentative:
Tanagers, by and large, seem more peaceable:
The hotel leaves out fruit for them, which attracts not only them but also larger birds like a Dusky Green Oropendola:
The tanagers forage for forest fruits:
but they cannot resist the free offerings:
There were other fruit-feeding birds in mixed flocks with the tanagers:
And hanging out in the grounds a glorious Andean Motmot:
