Royal Crest

Photograph by Andrew Snyder , National Geographic Your Shot

For the last three years, I have spent my summers conducting biodiversity surveys with a team of other biologists and research assistants in the rain forests of Guyana, says Your Shot contributor Andrew Snyder , whose picture was featured in the Daily Dozen. For our bird surveys, we set up a series of mist nets through the understory, and this Amazonian royal flycatcher was one of the birds caught [over the] summer. From previous experience, I knew that this species typically puts on its remarkable crest displays when handled, so while the team was taking their necessary measurements, I was able to make this photograph.

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