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Post by Bob Kaufman on Dec 3, 2009 19:15:55 GMT
Both photos were taken yesterday during my sortie at Bonelli Park. It is interesting that both birds captured the bee at the "end" part where the sting is and not at the head. Black Phoebe 5D2, 500mm+1.4x, ISO-320, 1/200, f5.6, tripod+gimbal head  Cassin's Kingbird 4D2, 500mm+1.4x, ISO-320, 1/500, f7.1, tripod+gimbal head  |
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Post by Teddy Regpala on Dec 3, 2009 22:04:25 GMT
for you Bob! Nice fycatchers (I miss these guys). Their parents taught them well (or is it experience? Instinct?) how to catch these ... looks like yellow jackets to me. Are you missing the cropped sensor at all Bob? Anyway, good job "catching" these moments.  |
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Post by bartolome"edd" lim c. on Dec 4, 2009 0:03:28 GMT
OMG!! lady luck is always on your side.. the timing is superb. I haven't seen one in my place such an event with avis. Very beautiful... (me and even birds are envious............... with your gear.lol)
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Post by steve pryor on Dec 4, 2009 13:05:05 GMT
Hi Bob,
Why isn't this a Cassin's?
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Dec 4, 2009 16:50:50 GMT
Hi Bob, Why isn't this a Cassin's? It is indeed a Cassin's - I looked at my other photos and just now noticed the pale tail tip. Thanks, Steve, for the correction. |
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Post by steve pryor on Dec 4, 2009 17:53:37 GMT
Hi Bob, Why isn't this a Cassin's? It is indeed a Cassin's - I looked at my other photos and just now noticed the pale tail tip. Thanks, Steve, for the correction. A couple of tips on the separation of these two in California. The first is the reason why I knew I had to look closer at this one. It is the extent of the white on the malars. When the white is localized under and in front of the eye, and does not extend at all past an imaginary line extending down from the posterior eye canthus (i.e. the part of the eye farthest from the beak), then you have to start suspecting Cassin's. Second, the overall color tone dorsally of the Western respect to the Cassin's is normally more greyish, while the wing feathers + the wing coverts of the Cassin's are usually brownish, and normally with paler covert tips. |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Dec 5, 2009 3:04:36 GMT
Its really amazing that these birds know how to capture their food without hurting themselves. What the photographer did is not surprising, because it comes natural with his extensive knowledge and experience. Well done Bob. Mabuhay.
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