fiery billed aracari in the rain forest...

[Gato Moteado]

...and by "in the rain forest", i mean about 15 or 20 meters from my front door. this is a heavily cropped, high ISO throw-away shot (there wasn't much light where it was perched)....between the high amount of noise and the fact that the branch looks like it's growing out of its beak, i am posting it to show you how not to do wildlife photography.

[Walleye]

1. What a bird, though. Wow

[judesedit]

2. You're so lucky to be able to look out your window and see such beautiful birds

Thank you for showing us.

[catbyte]

3. So gorgeous! This is about as exotic as we get here in Michigan:

Cardinals are very pretty birds, don't get me wrong, but they're not in the same league as parrots, macaws, and toucans.

[Gato Moteado]

4. i love cardinals....

...they, and blue jays, were my favorite neighborhood birds, growing up in chicago.

great photo....did you take it? if so, can we see the full resolution version?

[catbyte]

5. No, I snitched it off of the National Audubon Society website.

I tried putting a bird feeder on my second-floor balcony, but nobody came, not even squirrels, lol. I live in a "u" shaped building, and I've hardly ever seen birds come inside the "u" for some reason. It's a very nice courtyard, but I guess they have better pickings elsewhere.

[Beartracks]

6. It looks to be sipping on a Krazy Straw.

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[brer cat]

7. Beautiful bird.

It must be difficult to get anything done with so much beauty outside your door. Thanks for sharing!

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Some days you do the composition, other days the composition does you.

Lovely photo, Gato Moteado. Wildlife photography is harder than it looks. What I'm wondering is what kind of sounds it makes...

❤️

[Gato Moteado]

9. here is the call of the fiery billed aracari...

[littlemissmartypants]

10. So pretty and lonesome at the same time. Thanks so much for sharing this. ❤️

[Gato Moteado]

12. the youtube video was not mine.....

...i just found it in a search. i don't want to take credit for that.

[Gato Moteado]

11. here are some other, much better, photos i've taken of this species

[Ziggysmom]

13. Wow those are fabulous. They must be related to Toucans with that lovely, colorful bill.

What numbers of these birds do you see? Are they a threatened species?

[Gato Moteado]

14. yep, it's a toucan family bird....

...they are pretty common here....i see at least a couple every day. they are not threatened, but, of course, everything would be doing better if we stopped cutting forest for cattle and started reforesting instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiery-billed_aracari