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Today was another day hunting Oahu Elepaio (one of the Monarch Flycatchers on Hawaii Islands).
Finally found one (only because it made a call !- obviously the rest of family were around). Didn't see the rest (two adults and one juvenile are reported on that trail). Difficult birds - always (rare exemptions!) hidden behind of stuff and very agile for that amount of light - they are almost always in the shadows! These are from distance ~10 meters and for bird smaller than House Sparrow on 20MP sensor it resulted in ~55% crop. Also - very populated trail, once I heard the call I sprinted there because there was a noisy group coming behind - just to see two more people coming from the other direction (they were nice: stopped to give me some time!!!! - not the case of the other group
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Anyway - after the Juvenile I posted last Spring now I have my first adult (whatever the quality of the photos is!). Productivity of an one photo for nearly an Year is... well no productivity
After that a Red-billed Leiothrix (photo taken before the Elepaio ~7 meters, size ~House Sparrow or slightly bigger). BTW - note the half black bill - subadult! (adults are with red, juveniles are with black bills - just an info...)
Finally found one (only because it made a call !- obviously the rest of family were around). Didn't see the rest (two adults and one juvenile are reported on that trail). Difficult birds - always (rare exemptions!) hidden behind of stuff and very agile for that amount of light - they are almost always in the shadows! These are from distance ~10 meters and for bird smaller than House Sparrow on 20MP sensor it resulted in ~55% crop. Also - very populated trail, once I heard the call I sprinted there because there was a noisy group coming behind - just to see two more people coming from the other direction (they were nice: stopped to give me some time!!!! - not the case of the other group
.Anyway - after the Juvenile I posted last Spring now I have my first adult (whatever the quality of the photos is!). Productivity of an one photo for nearly an Year is... well no productivity
After that a Red-billed Leiothrix (photo taken before the Elepaio ~7 meters, size ~House Sparrow or slightly bigger). BTW - note the half black bill - subadult! (adults are with red, juveniles are with black bills - just an info...)
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Time for some summer Mediterranean photos:
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops), Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides), Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) [ and notCrested Lark (Galerida cristata), as initially posted - well seen and pointed out by ISv]
7D1 + 70-200+ 1.4 x III
Hoopoe has its main colour so well matched to dry, parched soil, leaving only its b&w stripes to look at
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops), Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides), Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) [ and notCrested Lark (Galerida cristata), as initially posted - well seen and pointed out by ISv]
7D1 + 70-200+ 1.4 x III
Hoopoe has its main colour so well matched to dry, parched soil, leaving only its b&w stripes to look at
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Time for some summer Mediterranean photos:
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops), Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides), Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
7D1 + 70-200+ 1.4 x III
Hoopoe has its main colour so well matched to dry, parched soil, leaving only its b&w stripes to look at
Very nice series, ISO64.
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I agree with Click - nice series but I have to disagree for the last shotTime for some summer Mediterranean photos:
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops), Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides), Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
7D1 + 70-200+ 1.4 x III
Hoopoe has its main colour so well matched to dry, parched soil, leaving only its b&w stripes to look at
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!Not with Click but wit you: The Crested Lark may have sometimes and somehow damaged crest but look at the tail - you will see the outer feathers are white. For me its a Skylark - Alauda arvensis. For all Larks of that region (incl. North Africa and the Middle East) only the Skylark has white outer feathers on the tail.
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