Keel-Billed Toucan in rare portrait pose in the wild
I have things to say
Brown Pelican sails right by
Male Southern Lapwing in full threat display. Note the pink spurs on his wings for fighting and nest defense.
A pair of Smooth-Billed Ani hang out in the grass. Photographing these hard-to-find birds is a privilege!
Ringed Kingfisher bellows his raucous call
Finally! A money shot of a Wattled Jacana in flight. Oh happy day!
Southern Lapwing money shot 2
Yellow-Headed Caracara greets photographer in his car
The Great-Tailed Grackle is the most common bird in our neighborhood. And one of the noisiest.
A Blue-Gray Tanager poses in front of a palm frond backdrop
Magnificent Frigatebird assumes the Romulan Warbird attack angle over a fishing boat
This gentlemen is one tall drink of water!
A pair of Keel-Billed Toucans nuzzle on Cerro Ancón in Panama City
Tropical Kingbird poses near our building
Violet-Headed Hummingbird male hovers almost motionless (except for those lightning-fast wings) as he feeds
My very first Lesson's Motmot, caught near the Vista Mar beach
Smooth-Billed Ani sings his smooth jazz to an enraptured photographer
Serenity at Dawn
Red Crowned Woodpecker takes a short break from homebuilding
Snowy Egret juvenile surveys its jungle 2
Blue-Gray Tanager savors a seed
Rufous-Crested Coquette male, with his magnificent pompadour, zeroes in on his favorite type of purple flower
One of my closets pics of a Smooth-Billed Ani
Chestnut-Headed Oropendola, one of the El Valle volcano's most elusive and breathtaking creatures
Great Egret male dressed in mating green flies through the shadows
Barred Antshrike takes a closer look
Boat-Billed Heron guards the nest with a fearsome stare
My nephew, one of the twins (I was there to witness the conception), takes to the sky not long after learning to fly.
Streaked Flycatcher vogues for the camera
Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks enjoy the miracle of flight together
Yellow-Headed Caracara pauses next to our car for a staredown
One of my best shots of a Red-Legged Honeycreeper
Alpha male Great-Tailed Grackle shows that it is good to be the king.
Southern Lapwing money shot
A super-elusive Squirrel Cuckoo pauses for only a second. Today, that's all I needed.
Fork-Tailed Flycatcher among the leaves
Ringed Kingfisher guards the pond near the Vista Mar golf course 18th hole.
Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird spreads its detailed feathers
Boat-Billed Heron portrait
Money shot of Boat-Billed Heron taking off
Southern Lapwing drone-style view shows off its multicolored mating plumage
An immature Little Blue Heron takes to the sky
Streaked Flycatcher hollers into the woods
Great Egret sails past the palms in San Carlos
Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird poses for studio-style shot
Orange-Chinned Parakeet leans in for its close-up
Anhinga with unusual turquoise eyes streaks across a local pond
Southern Lapwing in mating season plumage
Mating March
Isabel takes flight to elude an attacking Southern Lapwing
