Hummingbird in Costa Rica

Hummingbird by "Mike" Michael L. Baird, 2012

Postcard US-2738802 to India shows the Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus), a large hummingbird native to southern Mexico and Central America that lives as far south as Costa Rica and western Panama.

The photographed was taken by "Mike" Michael L. Baird at Bosque de Paz, Rain Forest Lodge, Cloud Forest, Costa Rica on May 8, 2012, near the villages of Palmira and Pueblo Nuevo, and Bajos del Toro. The Volcan Poas National Park and the Juan Castro Blanco National Park were close by. Used under a Creative Common license.