Narrow-billed Woodcreeper - ¡Feliz Año Nuevo de Buenos Aires!

Happy New Year of 2012 my fellow bird shooters!
Thank you for sharing all your fantastic bird photos over the years. Keep 'em coming. Wish you have even more great success in the new year.

Here i would like to share a lifer that made my heart pound hard when seeing it in Buenos Aires. It's such an interesting bird for one to encounter. I went to Costanera Sur on November 16. It was a weekday. So, not too many people. We entered through the southern gate. Immediately at the gate, i heard a call that i hadn't heard before throughout the trip. I looked up and saw a few Narrow-billed Woodcreepers. This one in particular had a "trophy" in posession. It's proud to show off the trophy.

1/100s, f7.1, ISO800, 500mm

nice series

good set Fee, always adds that bit when they have an insect in their beak.
Happy new year to you as well!

Congrats on the lifer and a very nice set of it.

Excellent shots, if they are near as fast as the type here, very fast here. Well done!

Nice shots and congrats on the "lifer" ... the little guy sure resembles his cousin of the north.

Dave

Huge congrats on getting this one, pretty bird.

very nice set

dgraham329 wrote in post #13625705
nice series

Thanks Dean. Glad you like it.

catsith wrote in post #13626270
good set Fee, always adds that bit when they have an insect in their beak.
Happy new year to you as well!

Thanks Tina. He didn't seem to be too hungry to swallow the moth. Flied from branch to branch for a good 20 minutes.

Candor wrote in post #13626283
Congrats on the lifer and a very nice set of it.

Thanks Mike. Wish i could go back there soon.

BGgraphy wrote in post #13626379
Excellent shots, if they are near as fast as the type here, very fast here. Well done!

Thanks Bret. This was a bit more cooperative than the Brown Creeper i saw in my neck of the woods. Maybe because of its show-off attitude.

dbriz wrote in post #13626505
Nice shots and congrats on the "lifer" ... the little guy sure resembles his cousin of the north.

Dave

It does, doesn't it. Just wish i had just as much luck with the cousin. LOL I appreciate your comment Dave.

Shar824 wrote in post #13626784
Huge congrats on getting this one, pretty bird.

Thanks Sharon. Glad you enjoy it.

kmunroe wrote in post #13626837
very nice set

I appreciate the kind word kmunroe. Cheers.

Happy New Year back to you, and what neat shots! It's fun to catch them with a catch

Missed that set 1st time round, very nice, the variety of Woodpeckers is fascinating!

That is a good series ,not an easy bird to capture for sure .

I appreciate your kind comments Eric, 2slo, Andre. Cheers!

Happy New Year to you too, Fee. And a great way to start the new year with these wonderful series of shots!

Those are surely prized captures Fee, and another w/a bug in it's beak.
It looks like from your data and the background that it wasn't the easiest capture either...you did very well! That's a bird I guess I won't be seeing anytime soon.