A close-up of a female great curassow

Curassow Curiosity

Boca Tapada

"Are you trying to get my picture?" In between bites of food, a female great curassow stuck her head far enough into the frame to create an amusing portrait. Although normally shy and very wary of humans, thanks in no small part to illegal hunting, the northern rain forest town of Boca Tapada has one spot where these large birds in the turkey family will come close to you. When they do, and you have a long lens mounted on the camera, you either have to back way up to get the whole bird in frame, or stay zoomed in and hope for something interesting to happen!

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