This extraordinary bird was instrumental in cultivating my love of wildlife photography. The male has an incredible four tails (the middle two in this shot are close together) two of which have coloured discs on the end. It appears that these tails and discs are only used in an elaborate courtship dance. This Hummingbird is endemic to just a few valleys in the Amazonas region along the river banks of the beautiful Rio Utecamba in Peru. Experts estimate there to be just over 100 of this species left and spotting them is notoriously difficult. Photographing them is even more so. When I was in Leymebamba five years ago, I spent three days trying to achieve this goal. I has joined there by Keith Muscat an expert on local ChaCha culture. He had on many occasions tried to photograph this bird, but with no success. He was amused by in my Bolivian good luck charm which I purchased at the witches market in La Paz, to bring me luck with my photography. During these bird watching days, the charm worked and I spotted this hummingbird twice and took about six decent pictures, this one being the best. Keith was unluckily in the toilet each time the Spatuletail arrived during those three days. After he had missed the second opportunity, he offered me $100 for the Bolivian charm.