Ochre-breasted Antpitta (Ecuador)

Beautiful image.

Cute little bird and lovely bg ...just seem the harsh light on the left...

Great job catching this beauty Dorian.

Great find, Dorian! The pose and eye contact are excellent.

Yes - Antpitas used to be extremely hard birds to even see - most long term expert bird guides had only heard most of these birds and maybe had a glimpse of one or two - however that was all changed by a little farmer in Ecuador names Angel Pas - he trained Antpitas to come to his call and fed them earthworms - Last time I visited his place I think I photographed 5 different species including this one - the bet trained birds are Giant Antpitas - still not easy images to get because of dark tropical rain forests usually - but since Angel Pas - several other lodges and such have their own trained Antpitas - so just need to go to where they have been trained - I have managed to get OK photos of Chestnut-crowned Antpita in the wild feeding along side road close to Mindo in the fog. Total for me to date is 6 species hope to get some more on my next trip in March!! '
Really fun little bird and most thanks need to go out to Angel Pas - trail brazier on getting these birds just in a position to be seen!!!!

a nice find and a well exposed antpitta.

mlgray12 wrote:Yes - Antpitas used to be extremely hard birds to even see - most long term expert bird guides had only heard most of these birds and maybe had a glimpse of one or two - however that was all changed by a little farmer in Ecuador names Angel Pas - he trained Antpitas to come to his call and fed them earthworms - Last time I visited his place I think I photographed 5 different species including this one - the bet trained birds are Giant Antpitas - still not easy images to get because of dark tropical rain forests usually - but since Angel Pas - several other lodges and such have their own trained Antpitas - so just need to go to where they have been trained - I have managed to get OK photos of Chestnut-crowned Antpita in the wild feeding along side road close to Mindo in the fog. Total for me to date is 6 species hope to get some more on my next trip in March!! '
Really fun little bird and most thanks need to go out to Angel Pas - trail brazier on getting these birds just in a position to be seen!!!!

This photo was taken at Fefugio Paz de los Aves! I've visited a bunch of places in Colombia and Ecuador where they come out for food, either worms or insects sheets. 

Beautiful shot Dorian!. I never shot Antpitta, but I can imagine it is not easy to get small bird like that in the forest.

Ludo

Been there, done it, wasn't lucky. Great find and an amazing shot, Dorian.

Lovely shot of this little beauty, Dorian. You could drown in that eye!