GAME: name that bird!

[bushwalker]

....just love this game, I try with...Bronze-winged Courser??

[Sverker]

Hmm is it Rüppell's Korhaan?

Right! Over to you, kittycat!

These birds do not look exactly like Rüppels korhaan in my birdbook (Newman´s Birds of Southern Africa) but they are the closest. Photo is from Sossusvlei, Namibia, where the other possible species do not occur.

[kittykat23uk]

I agree, although the photo is a bit overexposed which might be part of the problem. Here's another one:

 

[Sverker]

I know, but I wouldn´t tell you, because I don´t have any bird pics available ...

[kittykat23uk]

[Jochen]

Male Shelley's sunbird? (with the red band on the chest nicely hidden, lol...)

[kittykat23uk]

Close, but no cigar.

[Jochen]

You could help us a bit; is this a pic from east Africa or from southern Africa?

[bushwalker]

...my 2c.....Mariqua Sunbird? ..

[kittykat23uk]

...my 2c.....Mariqua Sunbird? ..

 

Correct! Also called Marico Sunbird. This was photographed in Maun.

[bushwalker]

..sorry i don,t know how to post pics...will try soon, so i will have to pass, Sorry!!

[Jochen]

No problemo bushwalker. I'll post one.

 

But just so you know; when you are typing a post, you can simply add pics by choosing them with the "Browse" button on the bottom right of the field you are typing in. Of course, you'll need to create a smaller version before you choose a pic. Full versions are too large to fit on a browser screen.

 

A new pic then;

 

[madaboutcheetah]

Easy one - Squacco heron?

[Jochen]

Yup!

 

Your turn, Hari.

[madaboutcheetah]

ok, really dumb question - anyone can help me here!

 

What is the easiest way to re-format pics to fit posting guidelines? GW mentioned that my pics the other day is too large a file?

[Jochen]

There are freeware softs to do resizes of (or create thumbnails from) your images.

 

On PC, I used to use a prog like EZthumbs. It's not because the program is normally made to make thumbs of - say - 150px x 150px, that you cannot us it to make files of 700px x 700px max.

 

I'm on Mac now, and can't remember the prog I use at home (don't have it at work).

[madaboutcheetah]

Thanks Jochen, shall try it tomorrow. Bear with me until then ......

[Dick]

 

There, that's solved it. Dick, I took your image, reduced it's size and quality, uploaded it to a private album here on Safaritalk, and inserted it into the post. Now, what is it?

[Dick]

Thought I had it down pat. Uploaded pic and found it in the management file. Looked/said reduced. Saw it. Now, why can I not get it?

[Game Warden]

Hey Dick and welcome. What you are doing is uploading the pic as an attachment to the post, so it appears as a thumbnail until you click on it. Best way to include pics in your post is to host the images online. Always reduce the image size and quality from 100% so as to make the file smaller. Have a look at the links below in my signature to get you started. Matt

[Dick]

Thanks Matt for the quick response. Have already enjoyed Safaritalk immensely. Now on to mastering pic reduction and posting! Dick

[Jochen]

I cannot see the attached picture. I get an authorization error.

[Game Warden]

When I click on the thumbnail it shows the pic full size...

[Jochen]

When I click on the thumbnail it shows the pic full size...

 

Well, for starters, I cannot even see the thumbnail. I see this:

 

 

 

 

And when I click on the filename of the pic, I get this:

 

[Game Warden]

Just edited Dick's post to include the image. Now, what is it?

 

I can only think that the original upload was such a large size, only I as admin could access it...