MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18193526
Well overall the trip to Panama was a fail=NO owl. Lots of little birds, mostly too little and too far away and very often backlit. But there was this pigeon we imaged. Unique in that it is 3 feet tall and has 5 inch talons. Big enough it can actually sit on its buttocks! It was after we invested yet another 4 hours in the dugout and then two hours invested on foot---hoping it would be there. The reports from the indigenous were that the nest was still active but you never know. Very glad to find it though, hiking with a fever and constantly dripping with sweat, but you power on when you've got that much time invested. The cuipo trees are way tall. I'd estimate this bird was 120 feet up and the little openings between all the lower story trees/branches were few. Anyway, the largest most well armed pigeon I've ever imaged-
IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/PkPvpQ 3 foot tall pigeon with 5 inch talons by MedicineMan4040, on Flickr
Well overall the trip to Panama was a fail=NO owl. Lots of little birds, mostly too little and too far away and very often backlit. But there was this pigeon we imaged. Unique in that it is 3 feet tall and has 5 inch talons. Big enough it can actually sit on its buttocks! It was after we invested yet another 4 hours in the dugout and then two hours invested on foot---hoping it would be there. The reports from the indigenous were that the nest was still active but you never know. Very glad to find it though, hiking with a fever and constantly dripping with sweat, but you power on when you've got that much time invested. The cuipo trees are way tall. I'd estimate this bird was 120 feet up and the little openings between all the lower story trees/branches were few. Anyway, the largest most well armed pigeon I've ever imaged-
3 foot tall pigeon with 5 inch talons by MedicineMan4040, on FlickrAnd that beak too...not what I associate with "pigeon"- here, take all the popcorn
I will PM you Ed.
