Hyacinth Macaws, Piaui State, Brazil
When I went to Brazil two years ago, one of the main species that I wanted to photograph — and expected to photograph — were hyacinth macaws. As it turned out, I only saw about four of them, and not until they were flying away. These are two of the four. Beautiful birds — brought to life in the Disney movie “Rio.”
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens and Nikon TC-E14 II teleconverter (for a total of 550mm/825mm with crop factor) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/200th of a second