A keel-billed toucan on a vine-covered branch in a rainstorm.

Arco Iris

Boca Tapada

The ultimate jungle bird scene: a keel-billed toucan on a big, leafy branch in the rain! The Ticos call these birds "tucán pico iris" or "rainbow beak toucan" because of all the colors they sport. Several trips to Boca Tapada and its surroundings had already yielded pictures of them prior to this visit, but I still didn't have any rainstorm shots, and on some days, almost as if out of spite, the weather had been completely uncooperative, with nothing but blasting hot sun from dawn until dusk. On my second day of my 2022 trip, however, the skies opened, the toucans came out in force, and I finally had my quintessential tropical rainforest picture.

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