Whoa!

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi

Here comes an Aracari straight at my head lol
managed to grab him as he departs with his fruit lunch.

taken Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

Canon 7D 100-400 1/250 F8 eV +1 iso 800

[Somendra Singh]

Wow. You did well to keep the eye and the head in focus. Love the motion blur and the details on the trunk.

[PhilCook]

hehehehe.....so have the nightmares stopped now Richard.

Pretty amazing shot, head is well focused and even got to see a nice amount of eye.

[Richard Unsworth]

Thanks

I once heard an owner of a wildlife refuge winding up the tourists by saying they wore hard hats as Toucan had been known to stab people in the head!

[PhilCook]

Thanks

I once heard an owner of a wildlife refuge winding up the tourists by saying they wore hard hats as Toucan had been known to stab people in the head!

Similar situation when our Australian Magpies go into nesting mode, they can be ferocious and many junior schools suggest the children wear bicycle helmets when playing out in the yard, or making funny hats out of plastic icecream containers