http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/10/28/racket-tips/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:19:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/10/28/racket-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-19625 Sophia Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:22:15 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=58390#comment-19625 Ohhh, that explains their weird tails! I saw at least two turquoise-browed motmots during my vacation to Mexico last summer. They were probably the best birds I saw the whole trip.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/10/28/racket-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-19623 Michelle Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:42:50 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=58390#comment-19623 Cool … always wondered about that. I had the good fortune to see a blue motmot (sporting racket tail feathers) sitting on a roadside wire fence, much like we would spot a bluebird here, while driving between national parks in Costa Rica.

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