Black-collared Hawk

I've seen these beautifully colored raptors in the Pantanal as well, and had this one pose for us against some nice clear, blue sky.

Chestnut-eared Aracari

We've seen a number of different Toucan species during previous trips to South and Central America, but this is the first of this particular species.

Masked Tityra

This beautiful little bird was seen about 145 feet away, so I couldn't get as much detail as I would have liked. It either has some nesting material, or possibly a bug or two, in its beak, I couldn't quite tell at that distance.

Black-collared Hawk in Flight

The same species as the perched one shown previously, I was able to get a series of flight shots, and like this one, mouth open while it was calling.

Three-toed Sloth

The bright yellow/orange patch on its back shows this individual to be a male.

Black-collared Hawk Feeding Shot # 1

After we had caught quite a few Piranha, the guides kept several aside, and threw them out into the river to attract raptors, and provide some photo-ops. I'm including a series of 3 shots from a sequence I captured when a Black-collared Hawk took advantage of this free lunch!

Black-collared Hawk Feeding Shot # 2

After we had caught quite a few Piranha, the guides kept several aside, and threw them out into the river to attract raptors, and provide some photo-ops. I'm including a series of 3 shots from a sequence I captured when a Black-collared Hawk took advantage of this free lunch!

Black-collared Hawk Feeding Shot # 3

After we had caught quite a few Piranha, the guides kept several aside, and threw them out into the river to attract raptors, and provide some photo-ops. I'm including a series of 3 shots from a sequence I captured when a Black-collared Hawk took advantage of this free lunch!

Yellow-billed Tern

A fairly commonly seen bird, very quick, which challenges the photographer to try and capture in flight.

Polkadot Tree Frog

We went out one evening to see what nocturnal wildlife we could find. We saw quite a few frogs, such as the beautifully colored Polkadot Tree Frog seen here.

Clown Tree Frog

Another uniquely detailed Tree Frog, I think our guides referred to this one being in the 'giraffe' stage.

Common Potoo

I've seen and shot a few different species of Potoos in Brazil and Costa Rica, but am always amazed at their camouflage. This was taken during our night excursion, as we returned to the boat, requiring flash to get a shot. Nocturnal birds, they have large eyes which created red-eye from hell, and as I wasn't set up to do off-camera flash, had to deal with the red-eye in Photoshop.

Horned Screamer

A large bird, we saw quite a few of these during our time on the Amazon, with several opportunities for flight shots. I like the wing and head position of the bird in this shot, and was tempted to clone in a blue-sky background, but decided against it, leaving the white from the original cloudy conditions.

Blue and Yellow Macaws

A wonderfully colored species, we actually saw a number of these, but typically pretty far away. I'm not convined the data is accurate, but the EXIF fields show the distance to be about 270 feet away!

Red Howler Monkey

I've seen Howlers in Costa Rica, but this is my first sighting of the Red Howler. We didn't see many, and they were typically far away, and obscured in vegetation and shadows, but we were fortunate to see this one out in the open.