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Finding more local places to visit. This time Lory State Park.
R7 / RF 100-400. DxO PL7.
Gray catbird.
Yellow-breasted chat.
R7 / RF 100-400. DxO PL7.
Gray catbird.
Yellow-breasted chat.
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I'm not a French either but I like escargot! Once I made it (by French recipe) by myself and they come very good! With Chardonnay as a side dish
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Lesser flamingo (phoeniconaias minor) at "Africa" at the Leipzig Zoological Garden.
Looking at that, my neck aches
R6m2, RF100-400 @400mm +cropping, f/11, 1/500, ISO640
Looking at that, my neck aches
R6m2, RF100-400 @400mm +cropping, f/11, 1/500, ISO640
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This blackcap just gave me the cold shoulder.
But a beautiful back can also be delightful.
And the song was definitely delightful.
But a beautiful back can also be delightful.
And the song was definitely delightful.
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A short trip (just Sunday) to Maui. Apapane is my "bad bird": I never can get a good shot (and I'm not including what I got!).
There was some chance for Maui Alauahio because of the recent reports but I didn't see it! Anyway it's in small numbers on that spot (Hosmer Groove). My real dream was the Maui Parrotbill but it's far out of it's locality and is extremely rare!
1-2 photos Hawaii Amakihi (Maui subspecies Chlorodrepanis virens wilsoni and "Hawaii means "Big Island"! Kauai and Oahu do have their own species. All of these are very, very similar!)
After that I'iwi (3 out of many) photos and the same with the Chukar. The baby Chukar was by far so difficult to spot and take a photo in comparison to the adult but I got it on "unmarked crosswalk"
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And off course Nene, only two spotted yesterday!
On my previous one day visit to Maui the season was better: "winter" time, all Mamane (widespread and common on that altitude) and it's the primary source of food for I'iwi and Amakihi at that season) were blooming and the birds were everywhere! Yesterday when I got out of the car I got frustrated - everywhere at the lower point of the trail there was just House Sparrow chirping!!! Finally I found (after 2x rushing the short loop trail) that now the endemics are feeding mostly/or so, on an endemic (and rare! )to Maui Sandalwood flowers (I have to figure out what species, I got the info from the only useful tourists (family), that I met - Maui residents, and pretty (by far more than me...) knowledgeable about the plants around!
There was some chance for Maui Alauahio because of the recent reports but I didn't see it! Anyway it's in small numbers on that spot (Hosmer Groove). My real dream was the Maui Parrotbill but it's far out of it's locality and is extremely rare!
1-2 photos Hawaii Amakihi (Maui subspecies Chlorodrepanis virens wilsoni and "Hawaii means "Big Island"! Kauai and Oahu do have their own species. All of these are very, very similar!)
After that I'iwi (3 out of many) photos and the same with the Chukar. The baby Chukar was by far so difficult to spot and take a photo in comparison to the adult but I got it on "unmarked crosswalk"
!And off course Nene, only two spotted yesterday!
On my previous one day visit to Maui the season was better: "winter" time, all Mamane (widespread and common on that altitude) and it's the primary source of food for I'iwi and Amakihi at that season) were blooming and the birds were everywhere! Yesterday when I got out of the car I got frustrated - everywhere at the lower point of the trail there was just House Sparrow chirping!!! Finally I found (after 2x rushing the short loop trail) that now the endemics are feeding mostly/or so, on an endemic (and rare! )to Maui Sandalwood flowers (I have to figure out what species, I got the info from the only useful tourists (family), that I met - Maui residents, and pretty (by far more than me...) knowledgeable about the plants around!
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A male Western Bluebird just after the sun cleared the eastern ridges.
R5 RF600 f/4 IS w/1.4x 1/800 : f/8 : ISO 800
A Lazuli Bunting advertising his presence.
R5 RF600 f/4 IS w/1.4x 1/1000 : f/8 : ISO 400
A female Northern Flicker just before exiting the nesting cavity.
R5 RF600 f/4 IS w/1.4x 1/200 : f/8 : ISO 1000
R5 RF600 f/4 IS w/1.4x 1/800 : f/8 : ISO 800
A Lazuli Bunting advertising his presence.
R5 RF600 f/4 IS w/1.4x 1/1000 : f/8 : ISO 400
A female Northern Flicker just before exiting the nesting cavity.
R5 RF600 f/4 IS w/1.4x 1/200 : f/8 : ISO 1000
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