Seeing the Birds through the Forest

The rainforest is such a fascinating world with much of its life unfolding high up in the canopy. I suffered many days from “warbler neck,” which I called rainforest neck, caused by looking up into the canopy that towers overhead at that life. There was a location where we would photograph a couple of the hummer species that was a ledge looking out over the top of the canopy on the hillside. It was an amazing vantage point for both the hummers and the many bird species eating the fruit located in the canopy. I fell hard for the White-crowned Parrots last year in part because they are such a challenge to get glass on. At first, just one parrot was perched in the dead center. I put the lens on it to see who it was and then went back to shooting the hummers. The one parrot then became two, but still no photograph. A few minutes later, Sharon told me there were four and the photo was viable. I focused on them and waited until their heads were turned the way you see, and I went click. One of the great joys of the rainforest is seeing the birds through the forest.