Hi Tomas,
I would like to say it is a Intermediate Egret rather than a Chinese. Because of too long tibia for Chinese, rather short bill. The black on the bill match well for a summer bird Intermediate.
Also the lacy plumes on lower breast and back seems to be too long for Chinese. The head looks nice rounded......
Nice set of pics posted this past days, congratulations...
Jonathan
Dear Terry and Jan, thank you for your nice comments!
Jan, with regards to the sharpness, the light was extremely poor on this particularly rainy afternoon. I was forced to work with long exposure times and short depth of focus. Therefore, the sharpness is limited to the area of the eye (only).
BLUE LEGS !!
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Legs and feet are rarely birders' favourite
subjects although some Albatros, Sula and Shear-
water species were named eponymously with the
colour of their lower extremities.
Cf. comm. to DREYER's Chile photo of Pink-footed
Shearw., 20-11-08.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper may have Painted feet,
as demonstrated by LUNDQUIST in China 25-4-10.
Osprey and e.g. some Warblers have Greyish blue
legs, but real BLUE legs are rare.
So enjoy the 'Narcissistic' Flycatcher above,
also from Tomas LUNDQUIST in China.
Kindly comment if You know of other species
with 'navy' or bright blue legs.
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DANSK
Nyd de BLÅ ben på TOMAS' foto ovenfor - måske
derfor den benævnes narcissistisk...
Er der andre fuglearter med lignende blåt
bentøj?
KR / VH .......... C.
Yeah there are good reasons for the lack, I can well imagine, still the pic would have been EVEN better with more sharpness, not that it is not nice already ;-)
Ha, jeg kom dig i forkøbet Carsten:
Sådan har vi aldrig set
Calidris acuminata, suspended in time....
som ophængt i usynlige tråde...
Ingen idé om størrelsen på skabningen.
Flammende ruststribet isse, kunne være
Gråandestor. Stort GRATTIS til Lundquist.
Peter,
tack för din kommentar! Jag är inte alltför bevandrad i danska men jag får en känsla av att du gillar bilden! Just att det känns som att fågeln är upphängd i en tråd känner jag också.
Lundquist
Flot(t) PETER!
As a (happy) follower: I fully share Your
enthusiasm and spontaneous feelings!
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Yes, TOMAS does highlight a Fire-rusty
crown of acuminata, not seen in e.g. Beaman,
although text mentions 'chestnut' cap.
Sibley has a 'rufous cap'.
TOMAS also demonstrates that Clean feet
MAY have joints [led] meticulously
decorated with Pigeon blue!!
This is NOT present in Beaman, nor in Sibley.
- may disappear in dead specimens?
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So, WITH Peter:
A Unique photo, thanks TOMAS.
KR & Smile ......... C.
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