Post by Ely Teehankee on Jul 14, 2012 3:59:51 GMT
There is this fruit that looks like a tooth. Small birds favors this fruit and the Sooty-Capped Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus pileatus) 5 inches (13 cm) in length is one of them. It is similar to the Common Bush-Tanager but the broad white superciliary has a jagged, lightning-bolt look to it. The fruit they are eating resembles a "Colmillo" like a dog tooth. It has a certain amount of sweetness in it.
Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 300mm
f/2.8L IS USM. Gitzo GT3530LS tripod, Wimberley WH200 head. Manual exposure in available light.
This bird picks the fruit of the tree and keeps it on its beak all the time. He never lets go.
1/60sec., f/5.6, ISO 400
For a while I thought that he was going to fly off with it and swallow it somewhere else where he feels he is not being watched.
1/80sec., f/5.6, ISO 400
It turns out that with so many fruits around him, either he does not see me or he is too engrossed with so much to eat.
1/80sec., f/5.6, ISO 400
Noticed that with so many fruits in the tree he picks the pink one that is ripe.
1/80sec., f/5.6, ISO 400
He nibbles the fruit with its beak and never let go of it.
1/80sec., f/5.6, ISO 400
He eats the fruit from the inside and turns the fruit around as if peeling it from the inside.
1/80sec., f/5.6, ISO 400
As the fruit is turned around its beak, he eats the flesh of the fruit.
1/250sec., f/5.6, ISO 800
When it is just the skin left, he lets go of it and takes another fruit.
1/250sec., f/5.6, ISO 800
After eating several of this fruit, he rest for a while and takes off only to come back an hour or so to eat again. What a wonderful life this bird has. Look how fat he is.
1/250sec., f/5.6, ISO 800
Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 300mm
f/2.8L IS USM. Gitzo GT3530LS tripod, Wimberley WH200 head. Manual exposure in available light.
This bird picks the fruit of the tree and keeps it on its beak all the time. He never lets go.
1/60sec., f/5.6, ISO 400
For a while I thought that he was going to fly off with it and swallow it somewhere else where he feels he is not being watched.
1/80sec., f/5.6, ISO 400
It turns out that with so many fruits around him, either he does not see me or he is too engrossed with so much to eat.
1/80sec., f/5.6, ISO 400
Noticed that with so many fruits in the tree he picks the pink one that is ripe.
1/80sec., f/5.6, ISO 400
He nibbles the fruit with its beak and never let go of it.
1/80sec., f/5.6, ISO 400
He eats the fruit from the inside and turns the fruit around as if peeling it from the inside.
1/80sec., f/5.6, ISO 400
As the fruit is turned around its beak, he eats the flesh of the fruit.
1/250sec., f/5.6, ISO 800
When it is just the skin left, he lets go of it and takes another fruit.
1/250sec., f/5.6, ISO 800
After eating several of this fruit, he rest for a while and takes off only to come back an hour or so to eat again. What a wonderful life this bird has. Look how fat he is.
1/250sec., f/5.6, ISO 800
