Pantanal Pageant --- Some spectacular birds of the region

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Toco Toucan --- The world's largest toucan, synonymous with the Irish stout , Guinness, following a successful advertising campaign launched in 1935. The very large bill is serrated ( helpful for cracking nuts ) and its size helps as a heat regulator in times of severe high temperatures. Taken at Pocone, Pantanal with D7000 and Tamron 70-300mm. at 220mm. ISO 800, f5.6 1/320 sec.. 08/09/15.

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Hyacinth Macaws --- The world's largest parrot, still very rare due to the illegal pet trade ( which was removing up to 10,000 of these birds per year in the 1990's ). Numbers are now slowly recovering from a low of 1500 due to stringent fines but now egg poaching (much harder to detect ) is rife and habitat loss is making life very difficult for these magnificent birds ! Taken at Porto Jofre, Pantanal, same camera and lens, at 120mm. ISO 400, f5.6 1/80 sec.. 11/09/15.

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Jabiru Stork --- The tallest flying bird in the New World (only the Andean Condor has a slightly larger wingspan ) these creatures easily dwarf all of the many other wading birds in the Pantanal wetlands ! The red throat pouch swells up when the bird is "excited". ISO 200, @ 95mm., f4.2 1/1600 sec.. 08/09/15.
 
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geen images all of birds I would So like to see wild! Have seen the top two in captivity, but never the giant at the bottom. And then, the place where your took it too!
 
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Callie said:
geen images all of birds I would So like to see wild! Have seen the top two in captivity, but never the giant at the bottom. And then, the place where your took it too!
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Thanks Callie --- Yep, if you can save up, get over there quick before further habitat destruction and wildfires take their toll ! It's certainly the second best place in the world for wondrous animals IMHO.
 
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