Scarlet Macaw

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @650mm, f8, ISO 100 (+2.75 EV underexposed); late morning, cloudy, Amazon

Forest III

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 450 (+1.75 EV underexposed); Nikon D750 scarlet macaw, Amazon

Forest II

Milvus 35/1.4 @f7.1, intermittent and mixed (diffuse) sunlight; Nikon D600 afternoon, Choco raiforest, NR F11/Full Screen W/A

Heliconia

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 140; Nikon D750 late morning, Choco

White-bellied Woodstar

Sigma 100-400 OS C @400mm, f6.3, ISO 1400 (1/250s); Nikon 600 Cloud forest (3200 m )

Golden Tanager

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, high ISO image (5000); Nikon D750 bright orange, male and female very similar cloud forest

Kingfisher

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 450; Nikon D750 Amazon Kingfisher, late afternoon

Squirrel Monkey II

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 1250; Nikon D750 Amazon

White-throated Toucan

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 1000; Nikon D750 late evening, male and female white-throated Toucan Amazon

Potoo

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @650mm, f8, ISO 160; Nikon D750 crop (APS-H), great potoo Amazon

Cordillera

Sigma 100-400 OC C @400mm, f7.1; Nikon D600 Depending on exposures, the uppermost paramo is a mixture of paramo forest mosaics, grass paramo and dwarf shrub. The hummingbirds are still around and thriving at these elevations. Eastern Cordillera

Three Toed Sloth II

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 220; Nikon D750 crop (APS-H), minutes later, Amazon

Three Toed Sloth

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 200; Nikon D750 At first, we couldn’t see there is a sloth up there in the tree, much higher than one would tell from the shot. Busy with other things on the same side of the bank we kept our eye on the sloth. Here, in a clear view on a protruding branch enjoying the last rays of the sun (calls Victor made seemed working which is not always the case). Amazon

Smooth-billed Ani

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @650mm, f8, ISO 220; Nikon D750 Amazon

Woodpecker II

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 220 (+ 2/3 EV underexposed) diffuse sunlight; D750 Shot minutes earlier and at slightly longer distance than the closeup small trim (< APS-H), crimson-crested woodpecker Amazon

Aracari

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 320 (+ 2/3 EV underexposed); Nikon D750 crop APS-H, backlit, many-banded aracari pair (male with chestnut spot behind the eye) Amazon

Black-capped Tanager

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 2200; Nikon D750 Choco/Cloud Forest

Woodpecker

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 320; Nikon D750 crop (MFT), Amazon

Inca

Sigma 100-400 OS C @280 mm, f6, ISO 1400, Nikon D600 tiny trim, collared inca, cloud forest

Cloud Forest

Sigma 100-400 OS C @240mm, f6; Nikon D600

Squirrel Monkey

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 250; Nikon D750 + half stop underexposed, the lower canopy Amazon

Turquoise Jay

Sigma 100-400 OS C @400mm, f6.3, ISO 1800; Nikon D600 cloud forest (3300m); a straight look

The Longwing

Sigma 100-400 OS C @400mm, f11, ISO 720; Nikon D600 Heliconius melpomene madeira Cloud forest

Tiger Heron

Nikkor 200-500 VR/TC 14 III @700mm, f8, ISO 560; Nikon D750 Rufescent tiger heron above a creek, Choco