| On my first trip to Panama, in August 2003, I had only distant looks at the beautiful Keel-billed Toucan, so I was thrilled when one year and one month later, I enjoyed close-range looks from the viewing platform at Panama's Canopy Tower. The prevailing opinion of neotropical ornithologists holds that wherever there are two large toucan species present in the same region (in this case, the second species is the Chestnut-mandibled Toucan), one is a "yelper" and the other a "croaker". For the record, in this case the Keel-billed Toucan is a croaker... |
| In the summer of 2005 the Keel-billed Toucan was the "featured" toucan at the Canopy Tower, the species that provided the most thrilling views. Most interesting was an individual, pictured below, that possessed a cracked lower left mandible. The crack did not extend to the right side, and the bird seemed to be feeding quite fine, as evidenced by the fun shot of it tossing back a chunk of cecropia fruit. |
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| On my 2005 visit to the Canopy Tower, a troupe of Geoffroy's Tanarins appeared almost like clockwork every afternoon just after lunch, making their rounds of fruit-bearing trees. On one such occasion a few toucans were also present, giving me the opportunity to film these two handsome neotropical animals sharing a bit of arboreal real estate. |
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