Tucan

[PEACHMAN]

Caught some shots of this guy feeding at sunset in Dominical Costa Rica..

[PEACHMAN]

And a second....

[Rehuel]

These are some great shots. I'll be in Puerto Rico over Christmas visiting my family and i've already requested atleast a day to hiking through the mountains to see what wildlife I can find. Hopefully i'll be able to capture something like this.

[Elisabeth-Ann]

Beautiful shots of this wonderful exotic bird! So much more fun to see them in the wild.

[Billginthekeys]

great shots!

[Paul A]

Beautiful shots of the Chestnut-mandibled toucan, the largest of the Costa Rican species. Were you at Hacienda baru?

[Master]

They are some amazing shots of an amzing bird.

[lkb-28]

Hi Peachman;
Fabulous; what a great sight that must have been...
Cheers;
Lee

[catsith]

wow, that first one is unreal!

[Vicsta]

Aren't they the most awesome birds.....beautiful shot....well done....I am just plain jealous now.

Vicki

[PEACHMAN]

Beautiful shots of the Chestnut-mandibled toucan, the largest of the Costa Rican species. Were you at Hacienda baru?I have been there in support of their efforts. They are about 2 miles from where I stay , on Playa Guipiel at a friends house. These were actually taken up in the mountains in Uvita. They were feeding in some of these trees (sorry, I forgot the name of the tree) . It was on a very steep revene side where I was at eye level with the tucans in the upper branches of the trees. They were throughly enjoying the feed and did not scare off as quickly as is usual... The lady I was with said there had been over twenty in those trees early that morning...I think there were 5 or 6 that evening...I have been running around there for 8 years trying to get a really good shot but almost always they are up where I can only get them from below looking up...I got about 25 photos from this setting...It was late so I had my 70-200 sigma lens set at 2.8...good for the light but I was close enough so that that DOF was to short, leaving most of the shots with some fuzzyness on one end or the other of the bird...Thanks!

[PEACHMAN]

Beautiful shots of this wonderful exotic bird! So much more fun to see them in the wild.And to hear the echoing thru the mountains at sunset!...Thanks

[PEACHMAN]

Hi Peachman;
Fabulous; what a great sight that must have been...
Cheers;
Lee Ha ! It is always a great sight...The Ticos think I'm nuts...every time I hear one I drop whatever I'm doing , grab the camera and head for the trees....For them it's as common as seeing a blue Jay!

[PEACHMAN]

Aren't they the most awesome birds.....beautiful shot....well done....I am just plain jealous now.

VickiWell, come to CR the last week in February and we'll find some! Thanks Vicki

[Reyno]

Beautiful captures Peachman.

[Kiddpsychotic]

Good shots.

[MDoc]

What a great capture. I love the color on that one.

[cfcRebel]

Wow, beautiful shots of a beautiful bird. Nice job Peachman.

[Stormin_24]

Excellent captures... These are great...

[Gary Fairhead]

Terrific looking bird and nicely photographed in what appears to be a very rich environment. Excellent!

[dancinec]

Great shots and beautiful backgrounds. Hard to go wrong in that setting. Thanks for sharing.

[kr88]

Wow, awesome looking bird! You captured him well. I love the colors on that guy. Nice ones!!

[PEACHMAN]

They are special birds, aren't they!..Thanks for the kind comments ..I hope you all get the chance to see and hear one in the wild some day!