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[ISv]

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The Snowy Egret on the first photo is very good photo!

 

[ISv]

On my way up on the trail I found only the dad and baby White-rump Shama, on the way down got also the mom (and one more time the Dad)+ Red-billed Leiothrix.

 

[Click]

Beautiful shots, ISv.

 

[Click]

I really like your series. Well done, Noreaster.

 

[neuroanatomist]

A couple from around the house.

"White-throated Sparrow"

EOS R1, RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM + RF 1.4x @ 700mm, 1/800 s, f/10, ISO 3200

"Hopping Titmouse"

EOS R1, RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM + RF 1.4x @ 700mm, 1/800 s, f/10, ISO 20000

 

[foda]

Ocellated Turkey seen while birding at La Milpa Archaeological Site in Belize, April, 2026.

R5MkII RF200-800mm

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot, foda. I love the colours.

 

[neuroanatomist]

Ocellated Turkey seen while birding at La Milpa Archaeological Site in Belize, April, 2026.

R5MkII RF200-800mm

Very nice!

Here's my one and only shot of an ocellated turkey, which has the distinction of being the first bird picture that I took in my adult life. Does this species have an affinity for Mayan ruins? This was at ‎⁨Parque Nacional Tikal⁩ in Guatemala, May, 2003.

Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80 @ 80mm, Kodak Max 400 color negative film, digitized on a Kodak PhotoCD

 

[AlanF]

The only time I see a Turkey over here is at Christmas. However, I did come across Mr and Mrs Ringnecked Pheasant this afternoon.

 

[foda]

Very nice!

Here's my one and only shot of an ocellated turkey, which has the distinction of being the first bird picture that I took in my adult life. Does this species have an affinity for Mayan ruins? This was at ‎⁨Parque Nacional Tikal⁩ in Guatemala, May, 2003.

Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80 @ 80mm, Kodak Max 400 color negative film, digitized on a Kodak PhotoCD

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Cool! I think their affinity for Mayan ruins is related to the fact that most of the major ruin sites are also protected wildlife areas where they are not (legally) hunted.
Here is a female which I photographed at Tikal in February, 2025.
R5MkII RF200-800mm

 

[foda]

Beautiful shot, foda. I love the colours.

Thank you. The colors are almost unreal and the photos don't do them justice.

 

[foda]

Female Germain's Peacock-Pheasant seen while birding in Vietnam, March, 2026. It's not closely related to either pheasants or peafowl, but what else would you call it?

R5MkII RF200-800mm

 

[Noreaster]

Super happy with the American Bittern. It is so hard to get close to these things.

 

[P-visie]

Super happy with the American Bittern. It is so hard to get close to these things.

Beautiful, I can imagine that you are super happy. You had good light to capture the bittern in it’s habitat.

 

[P-visie]

Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) jumps while taking a bath. As you can see, the English name is a misnomer since the colour of it's head is brown, not black .



R5 Mk II + RF200-800mm

 

[P-visie]

Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) collecting mud for their nest.


Taking off:



R5 Mk II + EF 600mm f4 II + 1.4 extender, cropped in post production.

 

[Noreaster]

Another uncooperative bird
Virginia RailRallus limicola

 

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Foda, Noreaster and P-visie,

Beautiful photos. Well done, guys!

 

[danfaz]

Double-crested Cormorant hopping onto a log.

 

[ISv]

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Super happy with the American Bittern. It is so hard to get close to these things.

As P-visie did say: the light. I would add the free from plants space around the bird!