Cuba 82 - Birds

[Beagletorque]

I was not setup for wild bird photos as I only had the old 40-150r. There was plenty to see and I did take the Docter monocular (which is fantastic) and a pair of travel Bins for Mrs B. Got a couple of lucky shots, and the turkey buzzards are very big and plentiful. The 50-200 + converters would have been good, but the weight of the luggage was already maxed out with gifts.

The Turkey Buzzards...





La Sagra's Flycatcher.





Northern Mockingbird.



And Zapata Sparrow?

[Beagletorque]

Re: Cuba 82 - Birds

The more exotic looking guys were shy and these are massive crops.

Cuban Trogon.





Cuban Green Woodpecker.

[Zuiko]

Re: Cuba 82 - Birds

You got some excellent results with limited telephoto options.

[Internaut]

Re: Cuba 82 - Birds

The 4th and 5th (top post) are very nice (especially the finch). The 40-150 isn't really a lens for taking photos of birds, so the results are pretty good.

[peak4]

Re: Cuba 82 - Birds

I think the Blackbird sized one is either a Cuban Pewee, or the larger La Sagra's Flycatcher; well according to my Cuban bird book anyway. The latter is reckoned to be about 8", the Pewee a bit smaller, and does seem to have "the yellowish lower mandible and white crescent behind the eye".
Could "Any Ideas " be an Acadian Flycatcher? and lastly could your "Finch" be a Phoebe?
Hopefully someone will be along who actually knows what they are talking about soon.

[IanB]

Re: Cuba 82 - Birds

great set IMO! Love the space around the smaller birds; in many ways much better than the super high quality photos of a bird we expect to see.

[Beagletorque]

Re: Cuba 82 - Birds

I think the Blackbird sized one is either a Cuban Pewee, or the larger La Sagra's Flycatcher; well according to my Cuban bird book anyway. The latter is reckoned to be about 8", the Pewee a bit smaller, and does seem to have "the yellowish lower mandible and white crescent behind the eye".
Could "Any Ideas " be an Acadian Flycatcher? and lastly could your "Finch" be a Phoebe?
Hopefully someone will be along who actually knows what they are talking about soon.

I think due to the eye colour your right about the La Sagra's Flycatcher. I think the Other is a mockingbird. Not sure on the Phoebe though, that may be a Zapata Sparrow?