Giant anteater



This giant anteater was roaming the plains of El Encanto del Guanapalo, Colombia. It uses its claws to dig open ant and termite colonies and its thin, long, sticky tongue to catch them inside their nests. We had to get up before sunrise to see it but were able to get quite close without disturbing it. It is larger than I anticipated, probably 2 meters long when including the tail.



Myrmecophaga tridactyla | Giant anteater | Große Ameisenbär

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 390 mm, f/6.3, 1/200 s, ISO 2000, handheld

#mammal #anteater #wildlife #nature #photography #colombia #digiKam #darktable

Giant anteater



This giant anteater was roaming the plains of El Encanto del Guanapalo, Colombia. It uses its claws to dig open ant and termite colonies and its thin, long, sticky tongue to catch them inside their nests. We had to get up before sunrise to see it but were able to get quite close without disturbing it. It is larger than I anticipated, probably 2 meters long when including the tail.



Myrmecophaga tridactyla | Giant anteater | Große Ameisenbär

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 390 mm, f/6.3, 1/200 s, ISO 2000, handheld

#mammal #anteater #wildlife #nature #photography #colombia #digiKam #darktable

Vermilion cardinal



On April 28, we visited La Guajira in northern Colombia, where we met this punky vermilion cardinal east of Camarones. It lives only on this peninsula and a few coastal areas in Venezuela. While the females have brown and beige plumage, the males are striking red.



Cardinalis phoeniceus | Vermilion cardinal | Purpurkardinal

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/500 s, ISO 100, handheld

#bird #nature #photography #colombia #digiKam #darktable

Vermilion cardinal



On April 28, we visited La Guajira in northern Colombia, where we met this punky vermilion cardinal east of Camarones. It lives only on this peninsula and a few coastal areas in Venezuela. While the females have brown and beige plumage, the males are striking red.



Cardinalis phoeniceus | Vermilion cardinal | Purpurkardinal

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/500 s, ISO 100, handheld

#bird #nature #photography #colombia #digiKam #darktable

Colombian president Petro:

"Trump stands against humanity. What do we do then [about Trump]? We leave him alone. We forget him. Oblivion, the ultimate punishment."

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0GMA4RFZ9dw

#petro #trump #colombia #us #uspol

"- Threatened Argentine voters with consequences if they didn't support Javier Milei
- Said he doesn't care if Congress stays out of session for the rest of the year
- Refused to distribute legally required SNAP benefits to 40 million kids and families"

#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Argentina #Colombia #shutdown #SNAP #food
/8

"In the last 9 days, Trump:

- Demolished the East Wing without approval
- Told Congress he won't seek approval for boat airstrikes
- Said the US is considering land strikes in Venezuela
- Threatened war with Colombia
- Accepted $130 million in military funding from a billionaire"

~ Max Burns

#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Argentina #Colombia
/7

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1982155036168802467.html

El presidente de Colombia denunció que el fallo que devolvió la libertad al expresidente Uribe otorga impunidad a "los políticos que llegaron al poder aliados con el narcotráfico y que desataron el genocidio en Colombia".

El presidente de Colombia denunció que el fallo que devolvió la libertad al expresidente Uribe otorga impunidad a "los políticos que llegaron al poder aliados con el narcotráfico y que desataron el genocidio en Colombia".

Southern Emerald-Toucanet


We were hiking along a trail in the El Dorado Nature Reserve when I noticed the weird shape of a tree trunk from the corner of my eye. Since I had learned to point my camera at everything weird, this toucanet looking out of a tree cavity greeted me through the viewfinder.


Aulacorhynchus albivitta | Southern Emerald-Toucanet | Weißkehlarassari

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/500 s, ISO 2500, handheld
#bird #nature #photography #colombia#digiKam #darktable

Southern Emerald-Toucanet


We were hiking along a trail in the El Dorado Nature Reserve when I noticed the weird shape of a tree trunk from the corner of my eye. Since I had learned to point my camera at everything weird, this toucanet looking out of a tree cavity greeted me through the viewfinder.


Aulacorhynchus albivitta | Southern Emerald-Toucanet | Weißkehlarassari

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/500 s, ISO 2500, handheld
#bird #nature #photography #colombia#digiKam #darktable

Sunset above the clouds


The sunset over the Caribbean as seen from the El Dorado Nature Reserve.


Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/500 s, ISO 100, handheld
#sunset #clouds #nature #photography #colombia#digiKam

Sunset above the clouds


The sunset over the Caribbean as seen from the El Dorado Nature Reserve.


Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/500 s, ISO 100, handheld
#sunset #clouds #nature #photography #colombia#digiKam

Precious Feathers


This beautiful male white-tipped quetzal was nesting with its mate behind one of the El Dorado Nature Reserve's huts in Colombia. We also met them a few times during hikes in the forest. They are like large green forest spirits and have a beautiful metallic plumage.


The translations of "quetzal" from Nahuatl, the Aztec language, to English vary a bit. Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec deity, is literally translated to something like "serpent of precious feathers" with "coatl" translating to serpent. The full name of the related resplendent quetzal seems to be Quetzaltototl with "tototl" translating to bird. My completely amateur translatation of "quetzal" with no knowledge of the language is therefore "precious feathers" which I think is an apt name for these bird species.


Sources of translation: https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatl#Etymology


To be able to photograph in these dark forest conditions, I had to learn to go far below my comfort shutter speed of usually 1/500 s with the 600 mm (900 mm effective) telephoto lens. With some (forced) practice I was able to capture images like this one at 1/100 s handheld. My gimbal tripod was not an option, as it slowed me down too much during hikes, and the ability to react quickly was more important to me than deleting fewer blurry photos after each day.


Pharomachrus fulgidus | White-tipped quetzal | Glanztrogon

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/100 s, ISO 2200, handheld
#bird #nature #photography #green #colombia#digiKam #darktable

Precious Feathers


This beautiful male white-tipped quetzal was nesting with its mate behind one of the El Dorado Nature Reserve's huts in Colombia. We also met them a few times during hikes in the forest. They are like large green forest spirits and have a beautiful metallic plumage.


The translations of "quetzal" from Nahuatl, the Aztec language, to English vary a bit. Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec deity, is literally translated to something like "serpent of precious feathers" with "coatl" translating to serpent. The full name of the related resplendent quetzal seems to be Quetzaltototl with "tototl" translating to bird. My completely amateur translatation of "quetzal" with no knowledge of the language is therefore "precious feathers" which I think is an apt name for these bird species.


Sources of translation: https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatl#Etymology


To be able to photograph in these dark forest conditions, I had to learn to go far below my comfort shutter speed of usually 1/500 s with the 600 mm (900 mm effective) telephoto lens. With some (forced) practice I was able to capture images like this one at 1/100 s handheld. My gimbal tripod was not an option, as it slowed me down too much during hikes, and the ability to react quickly was more important to me than deleting fewer blurry photos after each day.


Pharomachrus fulgidus | White-tipped quetzal | Glanztrogon

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/100 s, ISO 2200, handheld
#bird #nature #photography #green #colombia#digiKam #darktable

Santa Marta bush tyrant


This endangered tyrant is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. In other words, this bird lives in one small mountain range in Colombia. One. Nowhere else.


Our amazing local guide knew where (and when) to find one, and his incredible bird-hearing abilities allowed me to take this picture of the rare and endangered bird.


Myiotheretes pernix | Santa Marta bush tyrant

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 600 mm, f/6,3, 1/500 s, ISO 400, handheld
#bird #nature #photography #colombia#digiKam#RawTherapee#GIMP

Santa Marta bush tyrant


This endangered tyrant is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. In other words, this bird lives in one small mountain range in Colombia. One. Nowhere else.


Our amazing local guide knew where (and when) to find one, and his incredible bird-hearing abilities allowed me to take this picture of the rare and endangered bird.


Myiotheretes pernix | Santa Marta bush tyrant

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 600 mm, f/6,3, 1/500 s, ISO 400, handheld
#bird #nature #photography #colombia#digiKam#RawTherapee#GIMP