Our first Elegant Trogon was also in Madera Canyon but not outside the window of our cabin. It was a story though. Probably one of my best trogon sightings ever.
We were still living in Maryland at the time and the trogon would be a life bird, among many others here. We stayed at Santa Rita Lodge and hiked up some trail hoping to see a trogon. After a while, there it was and not only did we see a trogon but it flew to a cavity in a sycamore and an Elf Owl appeared in the hole. The trogon then flew over to the tree we were sitting under and proceeded to preen for quite a long time. I think we only had a video camera with us at the time (that's how long ago it was). We saw a Red-faced Warbler on the way back!
Wow! You really scored on that trip! We used to stay at the lodge before we discovered Richard and Cora's Kubos... The girls were all pretty young and we had many great adventures there.
Our first Elegant Trogon was also in Madera Canyon but not outside the window of our cabin. It was a story though. Probably one of my best trogon sightings ever.
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We were still living in Maryland at the time and the trogon would be a life bird, among many others here. We stayed at Santa Rita Lodge and hiked up some trail hoping to see a trogon. After a while, there it was and not only did we see a trogon but it flew to a cavity in a sycamore and an Elf Owl appeared in the hole. The trogon then flew over to the tree we were sitting under and proceeded to preen for quite a long time. I think we only had a video camera with us at the time (that's how long ago it was). We saw a Red-faced Warbler on the way back!
Wow! You really scored on that trip! We used to stay at the lodge before we discovered Richard and Cora's Kubos... The girls were all pretty young and we had many great adventures there.