Hidde Bruinsma
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I know this is a very predictable choice for me to make but even in many objective ways this is a most impressive photograph. It shows at least one feature which is undescribed in literature (the nest) and I think the yellow, fleshy (?) surrounding of the eye is another. Furthermore it is the only definite photograph of this bird that I know of. However, I have a strong suspicion that the so called Short-tailed in "A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia", captured by Morten Strange, is a Long-tailed as well. Furthermore, the ink drawing published in "Where to watch Birds in Australasia & Oceania" seems to be based on another, as yet unpublished, photograph.
Mehds other photographs are marvellous too. Really.
Mehds other photographs are marvellous too. Really.
