Since I don't drink coffee, I just look at bird portraits to get my kick-start in the morning. 
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First - Thanks to Click, Lion rock, mdmphoto!
Wiebe - thanks too but I still didn't write my last will... so, I will wait for more opportunities to catch the right moment of the feeding!
Second - nice new pics, congratulations to the authors!
Third - Jack... even with your (spiritual) presence there I fail totally this weekend. Overcast sky and very dark under the canopy of the rain forest + strong wind. I saw just two Red-vented Bulbuls (species posted in the previous sessions) at the very beginning of the trail, after that - NOTHING! Hear calls (incl. of the birds of interest) but don't see the birds - dark. Next time! I'm kinda (very) stubborn when it concerns photography (and time to time it works ;D).
And since I have nothing new to post - here are some older photos (and bad pic of a species that I have never posted before - the Gray Francolin but so far this is the only photo that I have succeed to take of that one). Please notice the difference between the juvenile Nutmeg mannikin (aka Scaly-brested Munia) and the adult, they look as separate species. It is very hard to distinguish the juveniles of this species from the juveniles of the Chestnut Mannikin (or Munia) despite the obvious difference in the adults.
All this for the guys who plan to come to the Islands!
Wiebe - thanks too but I still didn't write my last will... so, I will wait for more opportunities to catch the right moment of the feeding
!Second - nice new pics, congratulations to the authors!
Third - Jack... even with your (spiritual
) presence there I fail totally this weekend. Overcast sky and very dark under the canopy of the rain forest + strong wind. I saw just two Red-vented Bulbuls (species posted in the previous sessions) at the very beginning of the trail, after that - NOTHING! Hear calls (incl. of the birds of interest) but don't see the birds - dark. Next time! I'm kinda (very) stubborn when it concerns photography (and time to time it works ;D). And since I have nothing new to post - here are some older photos (and bad pic of a species that I have never posted before - the Gray Francolin but so far this is the only photo that I have succeed to take of that one). Please notice the difference between the juvenile Nutmeg mannikin (aka Scaly-brested Munia) and the adult, they look as separate species. It is very hard to distinguish the juveniles of this species from the juveniles of the Chestnut Mannikin (or Munia) despite the obvious difference in the adults.
All this for the guys who plan to come to the Islands
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ISv said:First - Thanks to Click, Lion rock, mdmphoto!
Wiebe - thanks too but I still didn't write my last will... so, I will wait for more opportunities to catch the right moment of the feeding
Second - nice new pics, congratulations to the authors!
Third - Jack... even with your (spiritual
And since I have nothing new to post - here are some older photos (and bad pic of a species that I have never posted before - the Gray Francolin but so far this is the only photo that I have succeed to take of that one). Please notice the difference between the juvenile Nutmeg mannikin (aka Scaly-brested Munia) and the adult, they look as separate species. It is very hard to distinguish the juveniles of this species from the juveniles of the Chestnut Mannikin (or Munia) despite the obvious difference in the adults.
All this for the guys who plan to come to the Islands
Very nice captures!
Scott
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ISv said:First - Thanks to Click, Lion rock, mdmphoto!
Wiebe - thanks too but I still didn't write my last will... so, I will wait for more opportunities to catch the right moment of the feeding
Second - nice new pics, congratulations to the authors!
Third - Jack... even with your (spiritual
And since I have nothing new to post - here are some older photos (and bad pic of a species that I have never posted before - the Gray Francolin but so far this is the only photo that I have succeed to take of that one). Please notice the difference between the juvenile Nutmeg mannikin (aka Scaly-brested Munia) and the adult, they look as separate species. It is very hard to distinguish the juveniles of this species from the juveniles of the Chestnut Mannikin (or Munia) despite the obvious difference in the adults.
All this for the guys who plan to come to the Islands
Again - a very nice set of birds ISv!
Inspiring to see the diversity of birds you've encountered...
Your Gray Francolin resembles another bird I saw in this "Birds of Eden" sanctuary - unfortunately they were scurrying below the boardwalk (?) in the deeper and darker parts of the valley so the composition of the male is a bit compromised...
Female looks like your Francolin - just with some coloured feathers; do you know if they are related?
The male is abundant in colours... real peacock attitude
Wiebe.
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ISv, sorry I caused such a bad day. V nice shots - the first I swear looks like a bird I mounted as a kid - Hungarian partridge - they were introduced to Alberta and I guess are still around. I haven't seen one in 50 years.
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lion rock said:
+1 No shortage of chickadees but how much longer do we have to wait for ...
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Thanks to all!
Lion Rock, my birds are not as colorful as the bunch posted by Wiebe, he really got some very bright ones.
Wiebe, you for sure notice that I'm posting more of the same: there is not very big diversity of birds on Oahu. And sadly, many species are so rare (especially sad for the native birds) that you have to go many times on the best localities to take a (good) shot.
Jack, I don't think you are the reason for my bad luck (or the very bad weather - and see the sentence above...), with the rare birds it's always like that, you for sure know that.
I will go there next weekend if the weather is +/- good but also, I already have little plan B in case of bad weather (what about some photos of nesting albatrosses?) ;D!
clbayley - I love that picture!
Lion Rock, my birds are not as colorful as the bunch posted by Wiebe, he really got some very bright ones.
Wiebe, you for sure notice that I'm posting more of the same: there is not very big diversity of birds on Oahu. And sadly, many species are so rare (especially sad for the native birds) that you have to go many times on the best localities to take a (good) shot.
Jack, I don't think you are the reason for my bad luck (or the very bad weather - and see the sentence above...), with the rare birds it's always like that, you for sure know that.
I will go there next weekend if the weather is +/- good but also, I already have little plan B in case of bad weather (what about some photos of nesting albatrosses?) ;D!
clbayley - I love that picture!
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Jack,
Your part of the continent unfortunately have a longer and colder winter. Just be patient. We just got about 3 inches of the the white stuff, and in my decades here, the uni for the first time, announced a warning a day before. Then delayed school for 3 hours. And then, totally called off school! I did some work elsewhere, and had to drive. The roads were clear, yes snowed and was plowed. Perfectly fine for all traffic.
So, hope you'll get some beauties with the upcoming seasons.
-r
Your part of the continent unfortunately have a longer and colder winter. Just be patient. We just got about 3 inches of the the white stuff, and in my decades here, the uni for the first time, announced a warning a day before. Then delayed school for 3 hours. And then, totally called off school! I did some work elsewhere, and had to drive. The roads were clear, yes snowed and was plowed. Perfectly fine for all traffic.
So, hope you'll get some beauties with the upcoming seasons.
-r
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ISv,
There are a number of "marksman" here who can shoot beautiful and colorful creatures. And doing it terribly well, too! Those people really make this place very special.
I think you're one of these folks that grace us.
Keep coming up with wonderful shots!
-r
There are a number of "marksman" here who can shoot beautiful and colorful creatures. And doing it terribly well, too! Those people really make this place very special.
I think you're one of these folks that grace us.
Keep coming up with wonderful shots!
-r
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Lion Rock, your words are great encouragement - thank you!
Wiebe - I'm very sorry, I didn't read carefully your previous post: "...Female looks like your Francolin - just with some colored feathers; do you know if they are related?
The male is abundant in colors... real peacock attitude"
Your birds (I don't know what exactly species they are), as well as the Peacock or the Hungarian partridge that Jack mentioned (hey Jack, I have grown with these, despite not Hungarian by origin - in my original country they were everywhere in the fields) as well as the francolins are the same family - Phasianidae. Chickens and Turkey belong there too
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Wiebe - I'm very sorry, I didn't read carefully your previous post: "...Female looks like your Francolin - just with some colored feathers; do you know if they are related?
The male is abundant in colors... real peacock attitude
"Your birds (I don't know what exactly species they are), as well as the Peacock or the Hungarian partridge that Jack mentioned (hey Jack, I have grown with these, despite not Hungarian by origin - in my original country they were everywhere in the fields) as well as the francolins are the same family - Phasianidae. Chickens and Turkey belong there too
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Great set!ISv said:First - Thanks to Click, Lion rock, mdmphoto!
Wiebe - thanks too but I still didn't write my last will... so, I will wait for more opportunities to catch the right moment of the feeding
Second - nice new pics, congratulations to the authors!
Third - Jack... even with your (spiritual
And since I have nothing new to post - here are some older photos (and bad pic of a species that I have never posted before - the Gray Francolin but so far this is the only photo that I have succeed to take of that one). Please notice the difference between the juvenile Nutmeg mannikin (aka Scaly-brested Munia) and the adult, they look as separate species. It is very hard to distinguish the juveniles of this species from the juveniles of the Chestnut Mannikin (or Munia) despite the obvious difference in the adults.
All this for the guys who plan to come to the Islands
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This is for Alan who abandoned his first love, while I'm still torn about about doing the same. 300 X1.4 
