White hummingbird

The stunning pictures of the unique creature were captured at a park in Staunton, Virginia, by schoolboy Marlin Shank.

I learned today that sadly, "el angelito" as it was named by doña Miriam, the owner of the restaurant where this hummingbird was visiting flowers and feeders, has not been seen in the last two days, I hope it has just decided to move down or up at the Talamanca range and that a cat or owl hasn´t killed it. All the photographers that saw and photographed this rather rare hummingbird had a blast, best of luck "angelito".

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Talamanca Hummingbird San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica.