Northern Jacana

NORTHERN JACANA, LA FORTUNA, COSTA RICA, JANUARY 25, 2015

Pentax K-3
Pentax 55-300 at 300mm
1/800 sec. f7.1
ISO 1600

This common but odd-looking tropical bird is a wader with huge feet usually found walking atop vegetation just under the surface of calm ponds and rivers. The yellow decoration on its forehead is a wattle.