This is another image that I created in Costa Rica in mid March. After nearly seven days in that beautiful country I still had not seen one of these wonderful birds. Then an hour before breakfast on the seventh day I photographed both the keel-billed and the chestnut-mandibled toucans feeding on the fruit of a cecropia tree at La Tirimbina Reserve.
The angle was very steep and the birds were moving in and out of the shadows.
Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 50-500mm at 500mm on Manfroto Monopod - 1/1600 seconds, F 7.1, ISO 400. Image cropped to about 55% of full frame.
Unfortunately I didn't use fill flash for this particular (not sure why) so the red feathers underneath the tail don't show well here. There are a couple hot spots on the bill as well but I haven't been able to eliminate them. I was still pleased to add this species to my life list and photo collection.








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