Category: Birds
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Great black hawk
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Great black hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga, Buse urubu). Brazil and Argentina, 2007.
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Red-breasted blackbird, female
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Red-breasted blackbird (Sturnella militaris, Sturnelle militaire). Brazil, 2007.
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Greyish Saltator
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Greyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens, Saltator gris). Brazil, 2007.
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Orange-backed Troupial
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it My photo is just Ok, but it’s not as nice as the one from Rémy Robin, hereafter, which I thank for allowing me to present it here: Copyright Rémy Robin – All rights reservedClick on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Orange-backed Troupial (Icterus croconotus, Troupiale orange).…
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Brazilian Ruby (Brazilian Hummingbird)
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Hummingbirds are awfully difficult to shoot in a photo: They move fast, they never stay put, they’re small. But they are so beautiful. Brazilian Ruby (Clytolaema rubricauda, Colibri rubis-émeraude). Brazil, 2007.
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Bare-faced Ibis, Whispering Ibis
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Bare-faced Ibis, whispering ibis (Phimosus infuscatus, Ibis à face nue). Brazil, 2007.
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Rufous horneo, finally visible
For those of you who had been disappointed not to be able to see the photography of the Rufous Hornero, I want to tell that I’m back from my trip to South America and I have been able to repair the image.
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Red-capped Cardinal
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis, Paroare rougecap). Brazil, 2007.
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How to identify birds?
After having shot a few hundreds (er… a few thousands) photos in Brazil, I ended up with a stack of images. Some were easy to label. Some were less esay to label. Particularly, for wild birds, the problem is to quickly determine the species that is appearing on the photo. Several solutions are open to…