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[Jack Douglas]

Search the Internet for pictures of that species. See this page for example: https://www.photobee1blog.com/2012/07/honeycreepers-of-costa-rica/
In Costa Rica they have 2 more honey creepers but only the females of the Green Honey creeper are similar. They don't have the pale supercillium above the eyes, instead they have yellow on the beak, especially on the lower mandible.

That was interesting and I'll go with your suggestion unless someone strongly disagrees and has a credible alternative. I had searched quite a bit but of course immature birds tend to be underrepresented.

Jack

 

[AlanF]

Beautiful shots of the skylark, Alan. I like the first one in particular.

Thanks dpc! The first one is satisfactory, the best posed and background of about 20-30 shots, all in sharp focus. But, it is the second one flying that is my favourite, and here is another one. Catching these small birds in flight isn't easy, and it was between 25-30m away. Yet, the 100-400mm II on the 5DSR handled it perfectly - every single one in sharp focus and the gear is sufficiently light to swing around quickly, with a wide field of view. This bird is only 440 pixels high yet the combo is so sharp that the image is acceptable.

 

[Click]

Very nice series, Alan.

 

[Click]

Female house sparrow: I think. I'm not the best at bird identification any more.

So cute. Nicely done, dpc.

 

[RGB49]

Love the skylarks Alan, well done.
Couple more of mine
Reed warbler in UK 5DSR +100-400mk2
Falcon in NZ 5DSR + 100-400 Mk2

 

[RGB49]

One of my favourite New Zealand birds the TUI

 

[AlanF]

Nice shots RGB49. I saw many Tuis in NZ last year but found it very difficult to get a good shot of one.

 

[RGB49]

Alan, yes the Tui's seem to like being in dense foliage which does make it difficult, saw and heard lots of them but always a problem with enough light to photo them.

 

[Click]

Beautiful shots, RGB49. Well done.

 

[dpc]

White-throated sparrow once again: It seems to be the most common bird in my backyard at the moment.

 

[dpc]

Male house finch

 

[dpc]

Female rose-breasted grosbeak

 

[dpc]

Black-billed magpie

 

[Click]

Very nice pictures, dpc.

White-throated sparrow once again: It seems to be the most common bird in my backyard at the moment

I especially like those pictures. I love hearing that bird sign.

 

[dpc]

Song sparrow (I believe, not being the sharpest bird identifier on the block)

 

[Cog]

 

[Cog]

 

[dpc]

 

[digigal]

Here's a photo from our recent trip to Tanzania including the Ngorongorongo Crater where I photographed a displaying group of female ostrich.
7DMII + 100-400 II
Catherine

 

[AlanF]

Nice shot Catherine! I’m still processing ours from Tanzania.
Alan