a gang of thieves came to my house and i got a shot of one of them with my camera!

[Gato Moteado]

a group of about ten thieves came onto my property while i was out with my camera waiting for the monkeys to pass by so i could photograph them. the thieves saw me and decided not to approach, except for two of them. they had their eyes on some bananas that the monkeys had previously been enjoying. the two made a break for the bananas right while i was standing there but when they got close, the monkeys came out of nowhere and chased them away!

here is one of the culprits. he has been identified as Pteroglossus frantzii. be on the look-out!

[2naSalit]

1. Scoundrels!

Beautiful though!

[Callalily]

2. How dare they! hahahahaha

Glad to hear that the moneys ended up with the bananas after all. Great shots of the "thieves" and hope that you got some nice monkey shots.

[viva la]

3. What a beak!

It's color coordinated with the feathers.
Great photos.

[3Hotdogs]

4. Fuckers. All of 'em. We got Mocking Birds stealing our Blueberries.

They don't do a thing about weeding around the base of the bushes or watering them.... well they do leave a bit of liquid sometimes.

They just take.

[samplegirl]

5. This would be a great watercolor.

[woodsprite]

6. OMG! You know I'm not awake enough or had my coffee yet.

I revert colors on my phone at night and hadn’t reset it yet. I was trying to figure out what kind of critter you were talking about and realized I was looking at the wrong end of the bird!!!

Beautiful pics!

[Maraya1969]

7. I'm picturing that.........

[Gato Moteado]

11. it's not surprising you saw that...

...a friend of mine, on first glance, said she thought she saw another bird coming out of the ass of the bird. hahahahaha.

[niyad]

8. Beautiful pics of the thief!

[Danmel]

9. Beautiful bird

Round here, our thieves are blue jays and raccoons swiping cat food from the porch kitties, who are so spoiled they just watch them eat with a bemused, ah, what the hell look.

[flying_wahini]

10. I would love having them around. Just fantastic birds.

[Gato Moteado]

12. yes, they are really cool....i'm a big fan of all toucan family birds

the trick is getting close enough for a good, detailed shot.

i'm playing around with a couple different locations for a bird hide....ultimately, i want to be able to get close enough to birds and monkeys to be able to shoot them with my 105mm micro nikkor lens...the only way that happens is if they can't see me.

[sindri]

13. La gazza ladra came to mind

when I read your post (music by Rossini)- a different bird though from what I thought but great pics.

[Gato Moteado]

14. that's a great piece

gazza is magpie in italian but i had to look it up...i thought maybe it was heron/egret which is garza in spanish.

no magpies here, but we have magpie jays...one of these days i need to get back up to guanacaste and photograph them.

[jaxexpat]

15. Shouldn't be a problem. The beady eyes are a dead give-away.

[Ligyron]

16. My blurry, half awake eyes saw "shot one" and "thieves' before registering anything else.

So you know what I thought.

Then I saw there were 10 of them and figured they ran off when you winged a couple and were lucky to be alive.

Anyway ... lovely pictures of what we in N.A. think of as an exotic bird.

But yeah, I really need to drink more coffee and actually put on my glasses in the AM before I try reading.

[Gato Moteado]

22. believe it or not....

...i'm in north america. the panama canal is the dividing line.

[skip fox]

17. The beady-eyed glare of a thief!

[Peacetrain]

18. ROFL!! I was guessing a herd of deer

[richdj25]

19. Beautiful shots...Did you

put out an APB, so that we can see more of them?

[Rebl2]

20. WOW

What beautiful birds! Great pictures. Would have been good for last photo contest on DU.

[Paladin]

21. I'd be tempted to give those thieves anything they wanted.

Including piles of peeled and cut-up bananas. Outstanding camera work on your part.