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My favorite is #2!Several times I have seen "Mynas wars"- in the local slang (I would say "Mynas brawls"!) but always distant or I was not prepared. There is no way to be "prepared": the event stops as suddenly as it starts. I think they have some negative energy that they need to get out!
I was sitting on a bench checking out my photos of flowers (botanical garden) when it started right (and close!!!) in front of me. The only time that I had was to close the aperture for DOF and started shooting at "group AF". The losers are pretending "dead", but wen the dust gets down they are walking together with the winners like nothing happened! Everything in 5-10 seconds.
Sorry for the blurred photos but the light was not enough and changing with the movement of the canopy above... On other hand you are getting sense of the dynamic of the event?
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That bird is actually holding two other birds on the ground! - the group is of four birds.
After the beginning of the brawl they separated in two groups (easier for the referees
) and I did follow only one of them.
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The White-tipped Sicklebill has the most curved beak of any of the hummingbirds. It feeds almost exclusively on Heliconia or Centropogon flowers deep in the forest understory and does not visit feeders. It was a real treat to observe both this species and the Sword-billed Hummingbird, which has the longest beak of the hummingbird family, on the same trip. I photographed this individual while birding at Reserva Natural Retorno del Colibrí, Colombia, November, 2025.
R5MkII RF200-800mm
R5MkII RF200-800mm
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The Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan inhabits the high Andean cloud forest from Colombia to Peru. I photographed this individual while birding at Hacienda El Bosque, Colombia, November, 2025. I particularly like this image because of the imminent action and because it displays all aspects of this species' plumage.
R5 RF200-800mm
R5 RF200-800mm
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Spectacled eider (Somateria fischeri) on the Dutch Island of Texel in this afternoon’s sun. Not a spectacular photo, but this bird is “a bit lost”, spectacled eiders occur along the coast of Alaska and easternmost Russia and into the Bering Sea. From there to Texel takes a lot of flying and swimming 
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R5 Mk II with RF 200-800mm zoom @800mm and a slight crop in post-processing.
.R5 Mk II with RF 200-800mm zoom @800mm and a slight crop in post-processing.
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That's an interesting photo. It's always great to get a good one of a rare bird.Spectacled eider (Somateria fischeri) on the Dutch Island of Texel in this afternoon’s sun. Not a spectacular photo, but this bird is “a bit lost”, spectacled eiders occur along the coast of Alaska and easternmost Russia and into the Bering Sea. From there to Texel takes a lot of flying and swimming
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R5 Mk II with RF 200-800mm zoom @800mm and a slight crop in post-processing.
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Beautiful bird, and the way the sunlight shines on it is truly stunning.Spectacled eider (Somateria fischeri) on the Dutch Island of Texel in this afternoon’s sun. Not a spectacular photo, but this bird is “a bit lost”, spectacled eiders occur along the coast of Alaska and easternmost Russia and into the Bering Sea. From there to Texel takes a lot of flying and swimming
R5 Mk II with RF 200-800mm zoom @800mm and a slight crop in post-processing.
I've been to Texel several times, but unfortunately, I've never had the luck. A great catch.
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Thank you, I was lucky in more ways than one: less traffic than anticipated, no waiting time at the ferry to Texel, so I was an hour earlier on Texel than anticipated, a photographer told me where to find the eider, it was on the stones and not far away in the water, and I was paying too much attention to the eider, so I slipped and fell on the last two meters, no harm to me, my R5 Mk II and lens, and the last light over the dike was gorgeous.
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Wow! That's a pretty cool rara avis.Spectacled eider (Somateria fischeri) on the Dutch Island of Texel in this afternoon’s sun. Not a spectacular photo, but this bird is “a bit lost”, spectacled eiders occur along the coast of Alaska and easternmost Russia and into the Bering Sea. From there to Texel takes a lot of flying and swimming
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R5 Mk II with RF 200-800mm zoom @800mm and a slight crop in post-processing.
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Great siting! When did you take the photo - early this year or the bird is still on Textel (what be strange!)? Hard to believe you got twice such a (really!!!) "lost bird" in the same year.Spectacled eider (Somateria fischeri) on the Dutch Island of Texel in this afternoon’s sun. Not a spectacular photo, but this bird is “a bit lost”, spectacled eiders occur along the coast of Alaska and easternmost Russia and into the Bering Sea. From there to Texel takes a lot of flying and swimming
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R5 Mk II with RF 200-800mm zoom @800mm and a slight crop in post-processing.
Congratulations!
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Thanks, Click!
I can't remember if I was using pre-capture here, TBH. I might have missed this on my own
I can't remember if I was using pre-capture here, TBH. I might have missed this on my own
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