Zuckerman and his team traveled to places as diverse as Qatar and Pittsburgh and photographed about 90 species of birds. "The most fruitful locations were at the aviaries, where I was able to setup my studio in a large free-flight room and coax the birds to fly across the white set," says Zuckerman.

Here, a behind-the-scenes look at a southern ground hornbill on set. Zuckerman says, "Food was the only tool at my disposal for motivating the birds to pose."