Photo of the Day

Picture of a greater bird of paradise performing a courtship display on Wokam Island

Paradise Found

The December 2012 issue contained the story of two men setting out to document all 39 species of birds of paradise. It took 9 years, 18 expeditions, and 39,000 photographs, but they did it. Pictured here is a greater bird of paradise performing a courtship display on a treetop on Wokam Island, south of New Guinea.
Photograph by Tim Laman, Nat Geo Image Collection