Belated BY - 6th year! Herman&Kit

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577. Lineated Barbet

 

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578. Red-crowned Barbet

 

 

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579. Red-legged Crake

 

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580. Ruddy-breasted Crake

 

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581. Schrenck's Bittern

 

E-bird has dropped the von in the species' name.

 

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582. Yellow Bittern

 

[Peter Connan]

Every page a delight!

Wow.

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Thanks so much for the appreciation@Peter Connan

[xelas]

Herman's drawer delivered big way, with stunning birds and photos! 600 is so close.

[PeterHG]

What a beautiful set of additions again! It is such a shame about the  poaching. Very frustrating that so little is being done about it.

[BRACQUENE]

Stunning additions again ; I am speechless!

[TonyQ]

I am constantly amazed at the birds that can be seen In Singapore, and the photos are stunning.

[michael-ibk]

Indeed, an absolutely incredible connection of stunning photos! 🙂

[Kitsafari]

@xelas @PeterHG @BRACQUENE @TonyQ @michael-ibk

Thank you all for the kind comments.

 

I just realised that when I put the web browser on full screen, some of Herman's photos are so huge that they are very much in your face. We're not sure why this is so. My photos are just fine. If they are too big, reduce the browser from full screen or click the photo. TU!

 

16 hours ago, xelas said:

Herman's drawer delivered big way, with stunning birds and photos! 600 is so close.

 

At the start of the year, Herman said he wouldn't bother with the usual and common suspects but from daily walks from the start of the year, he's been hoarding quite a number of SIngapore birds. The drawer is indeed deep. 

 

5 hours ago, TonyQ said:

I am constantly amazed at the birds that can be seen In Singapore

 

 

Me too, but I do realise that the number of varieties has to be seen over the span of a year. bird visitors to Singapore typically spend 1-2 days birding in limited and certain spots but can get about 30 or so species. If they were here over the last week, they would have witnessed a rare vagrant - the spectacular white-throated rock thrush. 

Edited January 5 by Kitsafari

[Dave Williams]

A fabulous count.... so far. I bet there are more to come!

Re the size of the shots on my screen....my own personal view is that it isn't the size of the photo that hits you but what the size of the bird is within the photo. Just a thought!

[TonyQ]

@Kitsafari - the size of the photos is not a problem, but I suspect that when the photos are being exported, the horizontal distance is being set as a particular size (e.g. 1200 pixels). That works well for horizontal (landscape) photos but it makes vertical photos very tall.

 

When I export I set the size for "longest edge" - so in the case of the "1200 pixels" I mentioned, the vertical height would be 1200 and the horizontal distance would be in proportion.

 

This theory might be completely wrong, but perhaps worth a look>

[pedro maia]

Wow, it took me a looooooong time to catch up with your BY as the number of pages seems to grow up by the day but it was totally worth it, lots of really cool and colourful species, trogons, owls, cuckoos, the Bali starling and, of course, the pittas, amazing.

 

And congrats on all the centuries!!

[Kitsafari]

@Dave Williams Thanks much - yes just a little more to come. i understand what you mean about the size of the bird in the photo - that is all up to Herman as to how he frames his birds. I personally most times prefer a bit of background to give perspective to the bird. That is just me. 

 

@TonyQ do you mean exporting from the camera rather than exporting from the editing software? hmm I am quite clueless on this! while Herman is trying to figure out how to do per your suggestion.

 

@pedro maia so good to hear from you - we've missed you! Thank you for the kind words.   

Edited January 6 by Kitsafari

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583. Arctic Warbler

 

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584. Asian Fairy Bluebird

 

Male

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585. Barred Buttonquail

 

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A few more bulbuls. 

 

586 Black-headed Bulbul

 

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587. Olive-winged Bulbul

 

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588. Straw-headed Bulbul

 

A critically-endangered songbird species due to intense hunting and poaching pressures for its beautiful songs for caged bird singing competitions in the region. One of its major strongholds is in Singapore. 

 

 

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589.  Cinerous Bulbul