Category: Birds
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Brazilian parrots and parakeets
Yellow-crowned Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala, Amazone à front jaune) Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus, Perruche moine) Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them Assuredly, parrots and parakeets from Brazil are difficult to identify scientifically. Each species and sub-species is only differing from the next by a few details in feathers. Anyway, colors are pretty impressive.
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Toco toucan, in flight
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it This bird is supposed to be very easy to spot, but it’s only one of the three toucans I saw in nearly three weeks. Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco, Toucan toco). Brazil, 2007. To give you an idea of the difficulty of shooting some of these bird pictures,…
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American Black Vulture
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus, Urubu noir). Brazil, 2007.
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A Nikon D300 goes to Antartica
Some field tests are more demanding than others. Jan Vermeer and PhotographyBlog brought a Nikon D300 D-SLR to the South of the world: Antartica. Dry, windy and cold. The article is interesting because it speaks about this very special environment and because it makes a good review of the new Nikon nearly-pro digital camera. There…
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Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper (Dendrexetastes rufigula, Grimpar à collier). Brazil, 2007.
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Flight of great egrets
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Great egret (Ardea alba, Grande aigrette). Brazil, 2007.
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White-headed Marsh-Tyrant (Brazil)
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it White-headed Marsh-Tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala, Moucherolle à tête blanche). Shot in Brazil, 2007.
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Black-collared Hawk
Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis, Buse à tête blanche).
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Limpkin in Pantanal, Brazil
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Limpkin (Aramus guarauna, Courlan brun). Shot in Brazil, October 2007.