More than hummingbirds at the garden

If you read my previous post, then I have to say that we saw more birds at the Enchanted Garden (in San Francisco de Sales, Cundinamarca, Colombia).  Except for the hummingbirds (of course), the most common bird at the hummingbirds feeders were the Bananaquits... dozens of them were competing with the hummers for the sugared water!

Others common species stayed close to the ground, inspecting the bushes and all the leftover around... including several Shiny Cowbirds (a female pictured here) and two or more family groups of Saffron Finches.

They also have banana feeders, attracting many tanagers, including this male Crimson-backed Tanager.  Notice the male Thick-billed Euphonia out of focus behind the tanager.

Another thraupid at the feeders was the Scrub Tanager.  They are quite common, but I can't get tired of watching them.

I'm pretty sure than many more species visit this place, but we only stayed for an hour, more or less... but what an hour!

A magic place... or should I say enchanted?

We were in a hurry... we just came back in the morning from our birding trip in Venezuela and already were packing our stuff for our night flight to Quito, Ecuador, in order to continue birding! I was now in Bogota, Colombia, at the house of my birding trip companion Rafael Cortes, who wanted to take advantage of every second available before our flight, so we decided to spent a couple of hours at a magic place one hour away of the capital city, in the Municipality of San Francisco de Sales: the Enchanted Garden... and it really worth the effort!!!

The number of hummingbird feeders was impressive, but not as impressive as the number of individuals drinking at them!

When you say that the most common hummer at your feeders is an endemic one, well, you have an enchanted garden... just watch these pics of this cooperative Indigo-capped Hummingbird!

More widespread species (like the Rufous-tailed Hummingbird or the White-vented Plumleteer) were also present... after all, the list of species recorded at this site is impressive.

We only saw this Green Hermit once, and for just few seconds... enough for a couple of pics.

The Black-throated Mango is a common and widespread species... the female is very attractive with its contrasting black-and-white underparts... but the male is simply astonishing!

But the stars (literally) of the show were the woodstars... At least four different individuals of White-bellied Woodstars appeared at the same time... always noticed first by their audible zmmm while flying.

And last, but not less, a tiny gem made our day.  A male Gorgeted Woodstar shyly visited the feeders... its flying gorget was special!

After all, we only spend 1 hour at the place, enough to enjoy all these beauties and still have time to catch our flight to Quito, Ecuador... but that is another story!