I shot this image of a crimson-rumped toucanet through the glass of my lodge window while staying in the cloud forest of Ecuador (unfortunately, the windows didn’t open). He didn’t allow me to see his namesake crimson rump, but did have the common courtesy to at least display a bit of feeding behavior. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/640th of a second.
Well, you can see the underside of his tail feathers which look somewhat like crimson. Love his emerald chest feathers tinged with turquoise under his beak. What a beautiful bird.
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You can’t just promise us a crimson rump and not deliver.
I vow to return Louis, and so help me, I will capture that crimson-rump if it’s the last thing I do.
What a beauty!
Thanks Sue. I do love all the toucan and toucan like birds.
HA! He’s saying ‘just try and take this away from me!’ Nice behavior shot!
No doubt a bit more comfortable knowing I was behind glass.
Well, you can see the underside of his tail feathers which look somewhat like crimson. Love his emerald chest feathers tinged with turquoise under his beak. What a beautiful bird.