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You got there in the right time for some juveniles: first photo (I never got one
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Today it was hot (~30C +/- 1), very humid/muddy because of the rain yesterday and the birds that I was going after (African Silver-bill) were in deep shade in the bush. You hear them very close to you but can't locate them: it's like a gun with silencer - you hear but can't locate (all the leafs/branches are the silencer - reflecting the noise!). This Japanese White Eye gave me the opportunity for a short burst (3 frames with the bird and the rest I should post in the Flowers and Other Flora 
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Honestly I like most the third one! It makes you part of the action: doesn't matter if the bird is with it's back to you! I feel like I'm there!!!
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Ha, ha - I'm missing it too... And not only one try... And I know their different feeding behavior - they don't go after the nectar! On other hand it looks like that that bird loves tourists: Some guys go there for first and may be last time and report two of them! Go figure... On other hand there are some who report an Oahu Amakihi from Ala Moana Park!!! If I see one there I probably will go to emergency for a brain check!
The last time I was at Hosmer I met two local (from Maui) guys. Both of them sporting R5 II and one of them with pretty big lens (didn't bother to figure out what lens exactly - I was busy with my birds...). Both of them told me "Alauahio? - that would be a real deal!!!"
If the Maui locals are thinking Maui Alauahio is a real deal (at Hosmer!) how many times we (especially you
- I mean the money you have to pay!) have to fly to Maui to find one?!On other hand some guys are taking millions from lottery - You never know
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A week later
R5 + RF 200-800 +1.4 TC
@ 990mm, f/14, 1/4000s
and Common Redshank chicks
@ 941mm
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Today it was hot (~30C +/- 1), very humid/muddy because of the rain yesterday and the birds that I was going after (African Silver-bill) were in deep shade in the bush. You hear them very close to you but can't locate them: it's like a gun with silencer - you hear but can't locate (all the leafs/branches are the silencer - reflecting the noise!). This Japanese White Eye gave me the opportunity for a short burst (3 frames with the bird and the rest I should post in the Flowers and Other Flora
Very nice shots, ISv. The African Silver-bill are for next time.
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Thanks Click! Sometimes "next" is soooo much next
!And these from today: Northern Cardinal and Common Myna devouring something that looks like a Calamondin (Calamansi)...
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You're right, it really helps to know not to look for an insectivorous bird in the mamane flowers. We definitely heard the alauahio and saw motion deep in the branches, but I didn't count that as a sighting.Ha, ha - I'm missing it too... And not only one try... And I know their different feeding behavior - they don't go after the nectar! On other hand it looks like that that bird loves tourists: Some guys go there for first and may be last time and report two of them! Go figure... On other hand there are some who report an Oahu Amakihi from Ala Moana Park!!! If I see one there I probably will go to emergency for a brain check!
The last time I was at Hosmer I met two local (from Maui) guys. Both of them sporting R5 II and one of them with pretty big lens (didn't bother to figure out what lens exactly - I was busy with my birds...). Both of them told me "Alauahio? - that would be a real deal!!!"
If the Maui locals are thinking Maui Alauahio is a real deal (at Hosmer!) how many times we (especially you
On other hand some guys are taking millions from lottery - You never know
Here's another photo of one of the juvenile 'i'iwi.
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