Hooded Mountain Toucan (Bolivia)

[Glenn Bartley]

This guy was very high on my wish list for Bolivia. A near endemic and an absolutely stunning species of the cloud forests. I got lucky one morning and had a pair feeding along side the "caraterra de la muerte" (road of death). Nobody really drives on that road anymore (except for crazy Canadian birdwatchers) so it is amazing for birding. I spent a solid 3 days searching the area for all kinds of goodies. But this guy was the highlight. What a beauty! 



Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure compensation: + 2/3
ISO: 400
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x

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[Tony Jay]

Simply beautiful Glenn!

Tony Jay

[AFairley]

Wonderfully framed, too!

[opgr]

All of your images are worthy of a book. As a matter of fact, some of these bird images are so perfectly drawn, while at the same time including elements to judge size and context, I can imagine there would be a lot of interest from the scientific ornithologist's world.

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[Paulo Bizarro]

Another wonderful one.