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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Hanging around,
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 23:33:50 -0400
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Thanks for filling in the details, now I can update the metadata in LR ;-)

Alastair

> Alastair Firkin wrote:
>
>>
>>> Great shot of a lovely bird.  Is this a mejiro (Japanese white-eye)?
>>> Where was it?
>>>
>>> Here are a couple I saw in Japan:
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/5309086616/#/photos/geordiepete/5309086616/lightbox/
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter Cheyne
>>
>>I'm not sure about the name: white eyed finch is what I've been calling
>>it. I'll have to look it up. They have been around our backyard for a few
>>years now. Live in a group of about 20-30 and travel/feed in a group. One
>>decides he doesn't like you, flies off and the rest follow. Cute but very
>>fast tiny and 'busy'.
>>
>
> The bird in Alastair's photo looks like it's in the family Zosteropidae,
> a.k.a. White-eyes.  Here's my Japanese White-eye photo:
>
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/zosteropidae/jwey00.html
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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