Birds of Costa Rica - 4 (Macaws)

I photographed these wild Scarlet and Great Green Macaws at a "finca" (farm) in central Cosa Rica. The farmer has been feeding these birds for years so they are acclimated to humans and some are nesting on the property. It was an incredible experience to have these birds fly by or just land relatively close to you.

In Flights taken with the Canon 40D + Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 + 2x teleconverter

All others with the Canon 7D + 500mm F4 + 1.4 teleconveter

1. Portraits of a Pair of Scarlet Macaws

Oh my, Stephen these are beautiful shots!!

These are gorgeous! Great work.

Nice captures!

very nice Stephen

Shar824 wrote in post #14432421
Oh my, Stephen these are beautiful shots!!

Thanks Sharon.

butterfly2937 wrote in post #14432464
These are gorgeous! Great work.

Carol thank you.

cmozz wrote in post #14432502
Nice captures!

Thank you too cmozz.

kmunroe wrote in post #14433702
very nice Stephen

Thanks Kenny.

such beautiful birds. Good set Stephen, but the first image is great.

Another great series, Stephen; it's hard to believe they are real, so colorful are they.
Al

catsith wrote in post #14433763
such beautiful birds. Good set Stephen, but the first image is great.

Thank you Tina for commenting.

CDMOOSE wrote in post #14434246
Another great series, Stephen; it's hard to believe they are real, so colorful are they.
Al

Thanks Al. Yes they were wondereful to see in free flight.

lovely captures, Stephen

Amazing shots and colours of these birds, excellent job Stephen

OMG!!!
The last one is simply gorgeous.

Great series of some magnificient birds.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos.

Great shots Stephen, really like the in flight shots