• File: Black-cheeked Woodpecker

    One of the tamest birds at the Chan Chich Lodge was the Black-cheeked Woodpecker. This spectacular looking woodpecker was seen almost daily feeding in pairs or more around this specific fruiting tree. The birds allowed me and many other photographers to get within 4 feet of them while they devoured the...
  • File: Golden-hooded Tanager

    I watched a pair of Golden-hooded Tanagers building a nest along a river in southeast Belize in late March 2012. Here, the male conveniently poses on a branch with nesting material just before flying to the nest in progress. I took the photo with a Canon 7D, 1.4x teleconverter, 400mm f/2.8, 1/250 sec...