Mangrove hummingbirds
Mangrove hummingbirds (Amazilia boucardi) rely on the sweet nectar from the Pacific
mangrove. This rare mangrove only exists in a handful of patchy forests from Nicaragua
to Ecuador. With a continually shrinking place to call home, the hummingbird is listed
as endangered. Its mangrove habitat is continuing to be destroyed for salt evaporation,
shrimp farming, charcoal production, and human habitation. Though cutting mangroves
is illegal in Costa Rica, the law is widely ignored. The painting depicts three mangrove
hummingbirds in flight around tea mangrove, where wind is brushing and breaking the
valuable few flowers.
Original oil painting on canvas 20.00 x 15.75”. Hand-signed and varnished.
Mangrove hummingbirds (Amazilia boucardi) rely on the sweet nectar from the Pacific
mangrove. This rare mangrove only exists in a handful of patchy forests from Nicaragua
to Ecuador. With a continually shrinking place to call home, the hummingbird is listed
as endangered. Its mangrove habitat is continuing to be destroyed for salt evaporation,
shrimp farming, charcoal production, and human habitation. Though cutting mangroves
is illegal in Costa Rica, the law is widely ignored. The painting depicts three mangrove
hummingbirds in flight around tea mangrove, where wind is brushing and breaking the
valuable few flowers.
Original oil painting on canvas 20.00 x 15.75”. Hand-signed and varnished.
Mangrove hummingbirds (Amazilia boucardi) rely on the sweet nectar from the Pacific
mangrove. This rare mangrove only exists in a handful of patchy forests from Nicaragua
to Ecuador. With a continually shrinking place to call home, the hummingbird is listed
as endangered. Its mangrove habitat is continuing to be destroyed for salt evaporation,
shrimp farming, charcoal production, and human habitation. Though cutting mangroves
is illegal in Costa Rica, the law is widely ignored. The painting depicts three mangrove
hummingbirds in flight around tea mangrove, where wind is brushing and breaking the
valuable few flowers.
Original oil painting on canvas 20.00 x 15.75”. Hand-signed and varnished.