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Post by Bob Kaufman on May 22, 2010 1:47:44 GMT
My wife took these shots at around 5:15 pm. The bird was flying around our lodge. Sorry about the fuzzy images.    Thanks for your help! |
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Post by des on May 22, 2010 10:38:33 GMT
It is a swiftlet. The outer primaries look much longer than the inner primaries, which is interesting, unless all the primaries are bunched in the photo and we can only see the spread secondaries, but I don't think so. Do you have any higher res shots? The rump appears dark, and the whole bird may be dark but we can't really see in these photos as there isn't a clear shot of the underparts. The body appears very plump. The crop looks full as though it is stuffed with insects. There doesn't seem to be any tail fork. Unfortunately there is nothing to give a measure of size, and we can't see if the tarsi are feathered or not, so I would be surprised if anyone can give a positive ID yet.
Des
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Post by Bob Kaufman on May 22, 2010 23:54:44 GMT
Thanks, Des. I'm afraid we were not able to get better shots. They were quite plentiful though and they would go around our lodge sometimes flying at eye level. Unfortunately, they are too swift (no pun intended) for us to take good pictures of them.
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Post by des on May 24, 2010 8:24:52 GMT
These are quite good shots. With higher resolution we might be able to count the feathers in the wing, which would be useful. My first guess would be Glossy Swiftlet, as there seems to be a bit of greenish gloss on one upperwing, followed by Philippine Swiftlet as it ranges over there. I think it will be identifiable one day, but I don't know enough to identify it yet.
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