Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >