It’s a thrill to see macaws in the wild. We are so used to seeing them in bird parks and zoos that it’s almost hard to believe they actually do live in freedom. This is a mated pair of hyacinth macaws I photographed in Port Jofre as I was leaving the Pantanal in Brazil. One of the birds was in the nest inside the tree, and I was amazed that the cavity was large enough to accommodate its entire body plus the long tail feathers. The morning sun was backlighting the tree, and fortunately the birds were in shade. I used a 100-400mm telephoto for this picture because the macaws allowed a close approach. My settings were 1/2000, f/6.3, and 4000 ISO. I set the shutter to such a fast speed in the hope one of the birds would fly, but I didn’t get the chance to capture that before I had to leave for the airport.
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