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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 23, 2010 12:42:55 GMT
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Feb 23, 2010 13:04:56 GMT
Wooow. These are all great shots Ding! A new gear?  |
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Post by Mark Itol on Feb 23, 2010 13:15:57 GMT
Can't help with the ID but these are beautiful photos, Ding. Congrats!
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 23, 2010 13:19:23 GMT
Olango!! Wow!! excellent captures, Ding!
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Feb 23, 2010 13:24:07 GMT
AHA!!!! And I thought that was a business trip! Great captures sir!!!
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Post by mantarey on Feb 23, 2010 13:38:30 GMT
Beautiful set Ding, they all seem to be in their breeding plumages, time to go there and see them at their best. |
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Post by Godfrey "Godo" Jakosalem on Feb 23, 2010 14:15:31 GMT
Nice harvest Ding!
The first photo looks like Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascarensis (if the under tail is white its Eurasian Curlew). Second photo Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus, third Bar-Tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica assuming breeding plumage. The fourth photo is Great Knot with ring Calidris tenuirostris (is there any angle of this shot? How big is this from the Red-necked Stint?), Greater Sand-Plover Charadrius leschenaultii, and Grey-Tailed Tatler Heteroscelus brevipes.
Congratulations Ding! I was there in Olango for a week but the tide is not really good.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 23, 2010 22:59:08 GMT
The fourth photo is Great Knot with ring Calidris tenuirostris (is there any angle of this shot? How big is this from the Red-necked Stint?) Thanks for the IDs, Godo. Will search through my shots for a better angle. Purposely showed this one because of the ring. Wonder where it was tagged. |
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 23, 2010 23:02:25 GMT
Thanks for the comments, guys.
No, Toto, no new gear. Same old trusty 400mm L with Kenko 1.4x.
I guess I was somewhat lucky. Didn't even try birding hard. Started about 7am, ended 8:30. My kumpare was with me with a pair of binoculars and I could hear the beer cans beckoning from his cooler bag. Felt pity for him carrying such a heavy load so I had to help him lighten it.
As expected, we were feeling veeeery goood, before 10am when we rejoined our wives at a beach.
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Post by des on Mar 2, 2010 12:50:41 GMT
I agree with Godo except for the Great Knot. I think this is a Bar-tailed Godwit in non-breeding plumage. Great Knots are potbellied with all dark bills, (not pinkbased), a less pronounced eyebrow and green rather than black legs. This bird is confusing because some of the long bill is in the water.
cheers
Des
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