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JEFFREY PATRICK KARNES
PHOTOGRAPHY TOURS
LIVE LIFE WITH PASSION, SEE THE BEAUTY IN ALL THINGS AND SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD.


Costa Rica 2024
Do you want to capture amazing tropical bird photos and become a better photographer in the incredible rainforests of Costa Rica? If your...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Sep 23, 20231 min read


The Costa Rica Experience!
We would love for you to join us!

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Mar 10, 20231 min read


Ruddy-breasted seedeater
these amazing birds are incredibly tiny and very entertaining to watch. The ruddy-breasted seedeater is a species of bird in the tanager...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Feb 10, 20221 min read


Young Barred Owl
Very young Barred Owl is hungry and ready for something to eat! He is very impatiently waiting for mom and dad to show up and keep him...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Feb 9, 20221 min read


Brown-hooded Parrot
An image with a story, On my trips to Costa Rica, I often get the privilege of seeing these beautiful Brown-hooded Parrots. Full of...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Feb 8, 20221 min read


Least Tern
The Least Tern is the world's smallest tern—it weighs in at about the same size as a mockingbird. An American folk name for terns is...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Feb 7, 20221 min read


Speckled Tanager Posing Beautifuly
This subtropical tanager occurs in Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia and the extreme north of Brazil. Its habitat consists of humid...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Feb 6, 20221 min read


The beautiful Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher
Just look at the amazing colors of this bird! The male long-tailed silky-flycatcher is 24 cm long and has a pale grey forehead. The rest...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Feb 4, 20221 min read


The incredible female Red-legged Honeycreeper
The Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) is a small songbird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae). It is found in the...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Feb 1, 20221 min read


Keel-Billed Toucan in the rain
The Costa Rica rainforests are so beautiful and full of opportunities to see and photograph so many things; for instants, look at this...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Feb 1, 20222 min read


Resplendent quetzal Video
Resplendent quetzals have a green body (showing iridescence from green-gold to blue-violet) and red breast. Depending on the light,...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Jan 30, 20221 min read


Olive backed Euphonia
The olive-backed euphonia's call is a metallic chrrr-chrrr, and the song is mixture of the call with clear or nasal whistles. The...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Jan 29, 20221 min read


The not so brown Brown Pelican
Breeding adults have incredibly beautiful coloring. The back and sides of there neck turn a rich, dark reddish-brown and just look at the...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Jan 28, 20221 min read


The amazing Northern Gannet
Northern Gannets spend most of their lives at sea, and if your lucky, along the Atlantic Coast, there are at least a few close enough to...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Jan 27, 20221 min read


The Keel-Billed Toucan
Let'ts talk about this enormous, brilliantly colored beak. Averaging around 12-15 cm (4.7-5.9 in), it's about 1/3 of its total length and...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Jan 25, 20221 min read


The Beauty of the incredible Green Honeycreeper
Look at the gorgeous color of this Green honeycreeper. It gets its name from the female that is a lovely lime color green. Both males and...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Jan 25, 20221 min read


The amazing Resplendent Quetzal
I had a fantastic encounter with this Resplendent Quetzal while on one of my photography Workshops I had heard from a local guide that he...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Jan 8, 20221 min read


Advice on what you will need for Wildlife Photography
Just a few of the essentials you will need for wildlife photography. When you travel naturally, you will want to capture those special...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Jan 8, 20222 min read


The beautifully colored Red_legged Honeycreeper
The plumage of the Red-legged Honeycreeper changes from olive-green to Bright, beautiful blue during mating season. While on my Costa...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Jan 8, 20222 min read


The Collared Aricari
The Collared Aracari is genuinely a fantastic bird. It feels like there’s almost something prehistoric about them. Did you know they do...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
Jan 8, 20221 min read



Costa Rica 2024
Do you want to capture amazing tropical bird photos and become a better photographer in the incredible rainforests of Costa Rica? If your...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes


The Costa Rica Experience!
We would love for you to join us!

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes


Ruddy-breasted seedeater
these amazing birds are incredibly tiny and very entertaining to watch. The ruddy-breasted seedeater is a species of bird in the tanager...

Jeffrey Patrick Karnes
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