Black-cheeked woodpecker, Costa Rica

A red-lored parrot, Costa Rica

Flame-colored Tanager in cloud forest, Costa Rica

Silver-throated tanager in cloud forest during rain shower, Costa Rica

A Crested Caracara perched in rainforest, Costa Rica

A Crested Caracara waits patiently as vultures clean a carcass in rainforest, Costa Rica

A Crested Caracara perched in rainforest, Costa Rica

An inquisitive king vulture peers into the camera as I shot through a blind in northern Costa Rica. Canon 5DsR, Sigma 150-600 mm zoom, handheld, f/6.3, 1/800, ISO 500

An inquisitive king vulture peers into the camera as I shot through a blind in northern Costa Rica. Canon 5DsR, Sigma 150-600 mm zoom, handheld, f/6.3, 1/800, ISO 500

An inquisitive king vulture peers into the camera as I shot through a blind in northern Costa Rica. Canon 5DsR, Sigma 150-600 mm zoom, handheld, f/6.3, 1/800, ISO 500

An adult and a juvenile king vulture in northern Costa Rica. Canon 5DsR, Sigma 150-600 mm zoom, handheld, f/6.3, 1/800, ISO 500

A hybrid scarlet/great green macaw flies on a farm in Costa Rica

A little blue heron in early morning light, Tarcoles River, Costa Rica

Rufous-collared sparrow, highlands, Costa Rica

A juvenile king vulture peers into the lens in northern Costa Rica

Black vulture closeup, Costa Rica

A Common Chlorospingus in a cloud forest, Costa Rica

Prong-billed Barbet in cloud forest, Costa Rica

Prong-billed Barbet in cloud forest, Costa Rica

Prong-billed Barbet in cloud forest, Costa Rica

Acorn woodpecker, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Red-headed Barbet in a cloud forest garden in Ecuador

Crimson-rumped Toucanet in cloud forest, Ecuador

Blue-winged Mountain Tanager, cloud forest, Ecuador

Blue-winged Mountain Tanager, cloud forest, Ecuador

Masked Trogon male, cloud forest, Ecuador

Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), cloud forest, Ecuador

Golden Tanager, cloud forest, Ecuador

Crimson-rumped Toucanet in cloud forest, Ecuador

Golden-naped Tanager (Tangara ruficervix), cloud forest, Ecuador

Andean Cock of the Rock (Rupicola peruvianus), cloud forest, Ecuador

Great Green Macaw, Costa Rica

Costa Rica, tropical birds, macaw, rainforest

Costa Rica, tropical birds, macaw, rainforest

Long-tailed Tyrant, rainforest, Costa Rica

Black Guan, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Black Guan, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Anhinga, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Green Honeycreeper, rainforest, Costa Rica

Resplendent Quetzal, highlands, Costa Rica

Flame-colored Tanager, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Acorn Woodpecker, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Silver-throated Tanager, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Yellow-headed Caracara, Costa Rica

Yellow-headed Caracara, Costa Rica

Yellow-headed Caracara, Costa Rica

Red and Green Macaws eating from a clay lick, Amazon, Peru

A nunbird with lizard prey, amazon rainforest, Peru

A nunbird with lizard prey, amazon rainforest, Peru

Andean Goose, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Rhea, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Golden-browed Chlorophonia in apple plantation, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Golden-browed Chlorophonia in apple plantation, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Golden-browed Chlorophonia in apple plantation, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Crested Caracara with prey, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Golden-browed Chlorophonia in apple plantation, highlands, Costa Rica

Mountain Caracara, Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador

Long-tailed Tyrant, rainforest, Costa Rica

A green heron catches a leopard frog in early morning light on the banks of the Tarcoles River. Costa Rica Canon 7DII, Sigma 150-600 mm zoom, handheld from boat, f/6.3, 1/1600, ISO 400

Roseate Spoonbill, Costa Rica

Keel-billed Toucan in rain, Costa Rica

Keel-billed Toucan in rain, Costa Rica

A belted kingfisher flies over Costa Rica's Tarcoles River during an afternoon thunderstorm.

A roseate spoonbill preens while a great egret fishes on Costa Rica's Tarcoles River on a rainy day.

A juvenile flame-colored tanager shakes off the rain in a cloud forest, Costa Rica

A long-tailed silky flycatcher in the cloud forest, Costa Rica

A male Resplendent Quetzal delivers prey to its chicks in a cloud forest in Costa Rica