Birds – Roumazeilles.net

Resplendent Quetzal

Yves Roumazeilles — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:50:29 +0000

A few pictures of my trips to Costa Rica (in 2015 and 2025): A unique bird of colors.

Resplendent Quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno – Quetzal resplendissant.

Vulturine guineafowl

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:24:56 +0000

Sure! We do know the guineafowl of our European countries. Looking a bit weird, sounding a bit weird, but common. What about a wilder, weirder beast?

Wire-crested thorntail

Yves Roumazeilles — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:19:42 +0000

I love coquette hummingbirds; they are all so nice (and strange) hummingbirds. But, here, I would like to present you with a member of this family whose English name retained the tail description, but isn’t it a surprising Extra-Terrestrial hummingbird with its double crest and deep green colors?

Wire-crested thorntail, Coquette de Popelaire (Discosura popelairii)
Peru, October 2024.

Hummingbirds from Peru

Yves Roumazeilles — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:55:30 +0000

A few weeks in Peru, a few more hummingbirds.

I’ll admit easily that catching some hummingbirds in Peru was more difficult than in Ecuador. Nevertheless, I was able to catch a few ones. I tried focusing on multiple birds in the same shot, this time. You’ll see if they are good enough.

Rufous-crested coquette

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:12:10 +0000

A fantastic male bird of only a few centimeters. Coquettes are all nice (and strange) hummingbirds; But they are so marvelous!

Rufous-crested coquette, Coquette de Delattre (Lophornis delattrei)
Peru, October 2024.

Brazil 2023 – Birds of prey

Yves Roumazeilles — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:51:00 +0000

A few weeks in Brazil brought back images of a symbolic and often admirable family of birds: birds of prey. We found all kinds of talons and beaks, sometimes rare, often spectacular, always attractive to the observer and photographer.

Brazil, August 2023.

Brazil 2023 – Toucans

Yves Roumazeilles — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 13:26:34 +0000

What bird could be more emblematic of South America than the toucan. Madly colored, with a beak you’d believe prohibits flight, you can’t miss this family of birds.

Brazil, August 2023.

Saffron finch, all in white

Yves Roumazeilles — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:24:35 +0000

Saffron finch, Sicale bouton d’or (Sicalis flaveola)
Brazil, August 2023.

While working on some pictures taken last year in Brazil, I stopped on this nice little saffron finch I caught in a tree along a nice little river. It reminded me that I had not mentioned my portfolio, “Blanc, c’est blanc” (White is all), for a long time.

So, if you like those two images, you may be interested in checking other photos from the same inspiration, but not with the same subject or location: Go and visit “Blanc, c’est blanc“.

New hummingbirds

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 10:17:02 +0000

After a recent trip to Ecuado, I had the possibility of enriching my collection of hummingbirds.

All my new hummingbirds are here:
https://photo.roumazeilles.net/tous-les-portfolios/colibris/

I love these small (or tiny, rather) birds. Colors, shiny feathers, high speed make them adorable and excellent subjects for photography. Truly fascinating…

Japanese cranes

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 20:10:00 +0000

The crane is one of these symbols coming through the centuries to feed Japanese culture. It’s everywhere. Usually called tanchōzuru, it is said to live 1000 years. It will be found on coins, bills, company logos (e.g. Japan Airlines), but also on many ukiyo-e, traditional paper prints from woodblock engravings.

Inevitably, crane flocks are met with small crowds of photographers (Japan is photo paradise) or of mere fans, like at Ottawa Bridge where you will need to arrive early (understand “well before sunrise”) to reserve a location to spot cranes when they take off after a night spent in the middle of the river.

Red-crowned crane, also called Manchurian crane or Japanese crane; Grue du Japon, grue de Mandchourie ou encore grue à couronne rouge (Grus japonensis)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Whooper swan

Yves Roumazeilles — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 19:36:00 +0000

Strong and dignified, the whooper swan is marvelous subject, in snow as much as in sun.

Whooper swan, Cygne siffleur (Cygnus cygnus)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Rausu, temple of fishing sea eagles

Yves Roumazeilles — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:21:00 +0000

White-tailed sea eagle

Yves Roumazeilles — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 18:21:00 +0000

More common than the Steller’s sea eagle, the white-tailed sea eagle is a very powerful bird of prey.

White-tailed sea eagle, Pygargue à queue blanche (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Eagles conflicts

Yves Roumazeilles — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:16:00 +0000

Eagles fighting

Steller’s sea eagle

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:01:00 +0000

This sea eagle is one of the largest bird of prey. Magestic in flight, armed with powerful talons and a mighty yellow beak, it may remind of the American bald eagle (or the African fish eagle), but it is a quite different species.

You may want to see it actually fishing at sea.

Steller’s sea eagle, Pygargue de Steller (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Short-eared owl

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:47:00 +0000

Short-eared owl, Hibou des marais (Asio flammeus)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Black kite

Yves Roumazeilles — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 17:56:00 +0000

Black kite, Milan noir (Milvus migrans)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Blakiston’s fish owl

Yves Roumazeilles — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:31:00 +0000

Let’s immediately start with the public admission that this beautiful night hunter was shot from a commercial and perfectly setup lookout (perfect from the photographic point of view, more rustic from the comfort point of view; But what do you expect when you come and visit to spend two full nights patiently waiting for this local fishing bird.

Blakiston’s fish owl, Grand Duc de Blakiston (Bubo blakistoni)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Ural owl (Ezo owl)

Yves Roumazeilles — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 17:19:00 +0000

Ezo, the ancient name of the Hokkaido Island, has been kept locally to describe the Ural owl that is somewhat common in the North of the eurasian continent.

Ural owl (Ezo owl), Chouette de l’Oural ou chouette d’Ezo (Strix uralensis)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.

Mallard duck

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 16:49:00 +0000

Mallard, Canard colvert (Anas platyrhynchos)
Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.