Daily Archives: April 16, 2022

Crested Guan

Crested Guan: Las Cruces Biological Research Station (OTS), San Vito, Costa Rica — Guans are hard to miss, if they are around at all. They are huge. Even the Black Guan of higher elevations is big, and the Crested Guan is the size of a turkey. In fact they remind me a lot of a turkey. And Crested Guans, like turkeys, seem to like yards and gardens, openings, clearings, where they are easy to see. We see them at La Selva Biological Station in the Sarapique valley in the Caribbean lowlands, and we found this one in the Wilson Botanical Gardens in the foothills of the Pacific slope. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixomator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/800th.