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I was able to take photos of this bird a few times. Its Polish name corresponding to the coloration not fully reflects its beautiful, bluish feathering. All in all I have taken some images, during the photo session with hummingbirds also, and among my other bird galleries the one of the bluish sayaca tanager brings an interesting variety. Sayaca tanagers weigh about 30 grams.

It occurs in the northern and north-eastern Australia, Indonesia and New Guinea. It may congregate in large flocks. I managed to meet two munias in the area of Townswille. The munias feed on seeds of cereal crops, they prefer those of larger seeds. Because of their beauty those birds are also bred in cages and aviaries by breeders.
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At the end of “toucans” session I came across a medium-sized parrot called scaly-headed parrot. A pair of parrots preyed calmly watching closely my discreet efforts to reduce the distance. I think I have managed to build a compromise. The scaly-headed parrot weighs about 300 grams.

It was not easy to photograph parrots on Costa Rica. Often one could see flocks of them flying over and hear the accompanying squawking noise they made. They always sat high on tree tops.  I don’t know why, but only this group of birds kept far from people and birds feeding places. Luckily I managed to take several pictures of the scarlet macaw, which is the biggest representative of parrots in the world. The weight of a scarlet macaw reaches up to 2 kg, with a wingspan of up to one meter.

Observing sunbirds in South Africa, due to the similarities in behavior and coloration, there are associations with the hummingbirds in the New World. But in terms of taking pictures there is quite different situation. When photographing the hummingbirds in Costa Rica or Argentina (of course in the special places where they were fed) the problem was only when the photographer was not quick enough. While in South Africa we managed to watch several species of sunbirds, but as it was case in South Africa, taking pictures was a problem, and it was quite a big problem.