[Leica] Birds

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Frank, Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> Fabulous set Jayanand!
>
>
> > On 22 Sep 2016, at 18:25, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > The Pantanal trip turned out to primarily being a birding trip, much to
> my
> > surprise. I was expecting something like Africa or India, but the paucity
> > of mammals meant that life manifested itself in an explosion of birds of
> > all shapes, sizes and appetites, who could exploit the forest canopy, and
> > the multitude of insects.
> >
> > To start with, a few on the River Cuiaba, our regular beat: We found this
> > on a sandbank:
> >
> > Chestnut-bellied Guan:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160814-6104.jpg.html
> >
> > One of our boatmen, Berto, was an expert at manouvering the boat close to
> > small birds without disturbing them, including these two tiny
> kingfishers:
> >
> > Green Kingfisher:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160816-7532.jpg.html
> >
> > Amazon Kingfisher:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160817-10351.jpg.html
> >
> > All the hotels and lodges we stayed in had trees and vegetation planted
> > specifically to attract birds into the property, and had strung out
> feeders
> > to encourage them down. The rest of the photographs here were taken on
> the
> > grounds of one or the other of the hostelries we stayed in.
> >
> > Ahinga:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160813-5015.jpg.html
> >
> > Guira Cuckoo:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160813-5274.jpg.html
> >
> > Two of the Blue-fronted Parrot:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/Pantanal-20160819-15600.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160819-14477.jpg.html
> >
> > The Bare-faced Curassow is a curiosity in the avian world, as it is the
> > female which is colourful, and the male that is drab!
> >
> > Male:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160820-15991.jpg.html
> >
> > Female:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/Pantanal-20160820-16418.jpg.html
> >
> > It took me an hour of patiently inching forward, early one morning,
> > starting just before sunrise, to get close to this suspicious and jumpy
> > Crimson-crested Woodpecker:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/Pantanal-20160813-4389.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/Pantanal-20160813-4422.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/Pantanal-20160813-4448.jpg.html
> >
> > This Black Vulture was hanging around as well:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160814-5596.jpg.html
> >
> > Some smaller birds at the feeders:
> >
> > Yellow-billed Cardinal:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160820-15793.jpg.html
> >
> > Grey-fronted Dove:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160820-16220.jpg.html
> >
> > Great Kiskadee:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/Pantanal-20160820-16108.jpg.html
> >
> > Finally, the startling looking, silver beaked, blue eyed, black and
> yellow
> > bodied passerine bird called the Yellow-rumped Cacique:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160820-16239.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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