Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Sep 22, 2016, at 12:25 PM, 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. A wonderful collection. a number of them with gorgeous light Love the eye contact here <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160819-14477.jpg.html> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160820-16108.jpg.html> Regards, George Lottermoser http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist