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Very nice series, bendilts.

Welcome to CR !

 

[Maximilian]

All taken at Fortress of the Bear, Sitka AK. All with R5, some with RF 70-200 f/2.8L, others with RF 100-500.

Same here as in the BIF thread: welcome and a good start

 

[josephandrews222]

...havin' a bit of trouble identifying this one:



M6MkII + adapted EF 70-300II; Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens (Kauai Hawaii)

 

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Very nice picture, josephandrews.

 

[cooldood]

...havin' a bit of trouble identifying this one:

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M6MkII + adapted EF 70-300II; Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens (Kauai Hawaii)

When and where was it?

 

[cooldood]

...havin' a bit of trouble identifying this one:

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M6MkII + adapted EF 70-300II; Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens (Kauai Hawaii)

female/immature White-rumped Shama

 

[AlanF]

...havin' a bit of trouble identifying this one:

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M6MkII + adapted EF 70-300II; Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens (Kauai Hawaii)

Was it in an aviary or native?

 

[Nemorino]

Very common but with nice breakfast.
The second is a crop of 3820x2149px.
R5 + Rf 100-500L + 1.4TC @ 560mm, f/9, Iso 3200, 1/125s

 

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Nice shot, Nemorino.

 

[AlanF]

Whitethroat. R7/RF100-400mm

 

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Very nice shot. Well done, Alan.

 

[Maximilian]

I am always surprised that herons can swallow such big prey.
I didn't watch it, as the heron flew away.
R6m2, @500mm, f/11, 1/1250, ISO2500

 

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Nice catch !

 

[ISv]

These are from yesterday.

 

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Lovely shots with those flowers. Nicely done.

 

[cooldood]

cedar waxwings

 

[josephandrews222]

Was it in an aviary or native?

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Three final shots from our visit to Kauai:

Lots of pixels here (red crested cardinal)--



...close enough on this one where depth-of-field mattered.

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On the north shore of Kauai, these (myna) are, to my eyes, as prevalent as American Robins are throughout much of the midwest USA:



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...from Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge

All images with M6MkII and adapted EF 70-300 II.


Great Frigate Bird; they put on quite an air show.

 

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cedar waxwings

I really like those birds. Very nice series, cooldood.

 

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Three final shots from our visit to Kauai:

Very nice shots. Well done, josephandrews.

 

[ISv]

Was it in an aviary or native?

I haven't seen a White-rumped Shama in aviary up to now (and as of today I haven't seen "aviary" at least on Oahu, except something in the Zoo but they don't handle "local" birds there). You can encounter Shamas in the mid town if there is enough dense bushes/trees (and they are much more common in the rain forest!)! This photo is little bit overexposed and the bird doesn't show the real colors. Honestly for a while I was scratching my head too but there is not similar Copsychus in the world. On other hand to ID a bird just by location (and some programs!) is not always reliable (and for sure not in Hawaii!): I have seen few species (escaped birds!) around that don't have an established population here. It's not eligible to smuggle non-native animals (any kind!) here but many people do it as it looks!
Photos: Adult male, Adult female or sub-adult (could be male or female) and two juveniles in different ages (the last one is not suppose to fly but took the risk...). All an old photos recovered from the saved JEPG's (lazy to dig in the external drives for the RAW files).