Toucans didn’t bother to show up until the last two days and, even then, were really far away. Still, it was pretty neat to see them wild.
Images
Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis)
This crane is upset and disappointed because everyone on the Internet answered the question they wanted to answer and not the one that was actually asked.
Peru 2015 – Macaws
This is unusual because there are usually only even numbers of macaws. Either one of them has yet to find a mate or they are far a more liberal triad than the average macaw.
White-naped Crane (Grus vipio)
After careful consideration, this crane has decided to vote for Bernie Sanders because it’s important that progress be hampered based on ideas rather than sex or gender.
Peru 2015 – Cormorants
The lead bird gets first pick of the fish.
Peru 2015 – Tern
Terns are hard to photograph, especially if you’re trying to shoot from a moving boat during a rainstorm. I wanted to get a dive just as it was entering the water, but this is the best I managed that is still recognizable as a tern.
Peru 2015 – Barbet
The problem with birds with black heads is that you can never tell whether or not they were part in shadow.
Peru 2015 – Caracara
Caracara closing an agreement with a dragonfly with a handshake.
This may not be in humanity’s best interest.
Peru 2015 – Kingfisher
Really? Another kingfisher?
Maybe I took too many shots of these guys.
Prairie Dog performing Macbeth
And at the pit of Acheron meet me i’ the morning: thither he will come to know his destiny
Wolf
While most wolves use a four bit greyscale palette, some are limited to just one.
Peru 2015 – Sunset
Clouds are clumpy and very hard to distribute evenly across the sky.
Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
Kinda sad to think that he’s never caught his tail.
Peru 2015 – Marmoset
Another marmoset shot under extremely difficult conditions. However, the shot is good enough that you can see how monkeys start out as a big monkey-shaped blob and then slowly diminish to nothingness as you reach the other end.
White-naped Crane (Grus vipio)
The white-naped crane has evolved protective camouflage to blend in with the setting sun.
It’s not very effective.
Peru 2015 – Iguana
In Peru there are iguanas just wandering about doing their little iguana things.
Kinda like squirrels here, actually.
But slower.
And less likely to eat all your birdseed.
Wolf
The wolf was harmonizing with the emergency siren test.
Peru 2015 – Great Egret
Egrets project an invisible disrupter beam them as they fly. They vibrates the matter below them, stunning fish so they float to the surface. A flock of egrets can stun an entire lake at a time, and is one of the reason they fly in a “V” formation.
Blue Poison Dart
It is very hard to get the lighting right so that these frog’s eyes don’t look solid black. Too little flash, and they look like a vast bottomless pit … a window into the complete absence of a soul. Too much flash, and the entire thing glares over, making them look like blind zombie frogs (which also would be soulless, I suppose.)
Peru 2015 – Cocoi Heron
Have you ever taken a really good look at a bird’s feet?