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The kestrels on Tenerife feed on small birds rather than mammals. No wonder this little Canary Island chiffchaff is on lookout and difficult to photo.
 

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#15,251
Ryananthony said:
Thanks for the kind replies, Click, lion rock, and Jack.

Sorry Jack, I'm no help. Ive never been that far north. One day I hope to ferry from Port hardy to Bella Coola
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Thanks anyway and ... do that ferry ride, it'll be fantastic. Do it this September and I'll meet you at the dock! ;)

Oh and while you're at it do Rupert and Haida Gwaii. :)

Feast your eyes on this: http://www.wildernessrimbc.com/Hunlen-Falls.html

Jack
 
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#15,252
Nat_WA said:
ISv said:
A lot of great shots after my last visit! Congratulations to all the authors!
dpc - thanks for the story, it made my (otherwise almost lost) day!
My personal favorite is the owl from ERHP - beautiful bird and nice shot!

Few from my collection. The Curlew is probably the rarest species of bird (considering the number existing in the world) so far in my photos.
Soon after their arrival, they are still tired and it was damn hot day (note the strange "halo" around the bird, I suspect it is just fumes, it's present in the RAW file too).
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Very nice series ISv; interesting to see how much resemblance the worldwide variety of curlews has... Although your "... tahitiensis" has its own details it is remarkably similar to the "... arquata" that pass our country by the thousands each autumn.

Wiebe.
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Hi Wiebe!
The Eurasian curlew, Whimbrel and the Bristle-thighed Curlew are veri similar. We have here as a summer guests only the first two, but Wimbrel is rare! Note the "bristles" on the last one (not visible on the photo that I uploaded, I will post one more later) plus the more buff color. And the population of Bristle-thighed curlew is estimated as around 7000-8000 birds all together...
 
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#15,253
First - great shot Ryan!
And now the Bristle-thighed curlew (Kioea in Hawaiian) as I promised to Wiebe, plus one more, very common for Hawaii bird (adult and juvenile, the last one looks very proud to be in Canon rumors ;))
 

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Jack Douglas said:
Great shots of interesting birds, ISv.

Jack
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Thanks Jack!
Hey Jack, since we already know you are upgrading to tiles: be careful! Few years ago my wife pressed me for tiles. I was like "well, what if I drop a lens on your tiles?!"
She: "just don't drop lenses". Now we are with tiles... and I have one lens less... >:(!
Now I'm extra careful when cleaning lenses!
 
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ISv said:
First - great shot Ryan!
And now the Bristle-thighed curlew (Kioea in Hawaiian) as I promised to Wiebe, plus one more, very common for Hawaii bird (adult and juvenile, the last one looks very proud to be in Canon rumors ;))
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Hi ISv,
Nice to have someone in CR with such a knowledge of birds (and the books to back it up ;))
The juvy Cardinal is indeed posing like it knows lots of people will look at it in the forum ;D V. nice!

Wiebe.
 
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