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    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Kingfisher'

    Oooo, special!
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    Small brown/olive bird, Andes, Venezuela

    That's great, thanks. I hadn't realised how many difficult -to -ID birds there were in Venezuela! I'm still working on another 10 or so brown/grey birds at the moment.
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    Amazing hopping seedeater, Venezuela

    Thanks again James! Yes, that's it.
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    Small brown/olive bird, Andes, Venezuela

    Ah, so sorry to make things more complicated by posting the wrong video... I've just uploaded the video from which the stills were taken: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLeGGZZh7k&feature=youtu.be The oleaginous hemispingus looks spot on to me, but James, the bird I've been calling a...
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    Amazing hopping seedeater, Venezuela

    This was in Venezuela last August. It's a seedeater of some kind but not sure which one. It was jumping like this at sunrise and when I came back 2 hours later it was still at it! The video shows both occasions, and I've slowed it right down to individual frames at the end. The second half is...
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    Small brown/olive bird, Andes, Venezuela

    Ok, I give up. I can't find this one in Hilty's "The Birds of Venezuela." Help?? Here are some stills from the video, and here's the link to the film, showing it moving in the trees, and also calling (a single "cheep" sound, followed by another later) This was on the heavily forested Humboldt...
  7. White-bearded Flycatcher

    White-bearded Flycatcher

    Not a great photo - actually it's a still from a video - but it's a Venezuelan endemic and new for Opus I think.
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  8. Singing Yellow-browed Sparrow, Venezuela

    Singing Yellow-browed Sparrow, Venezuela

    These are stills from the video, which I've uploaded onto the TV section of the forum, and here on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THuSbdts16w
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  9. Ruby-topaz Hummingbird, Merida, Venezuela

    Ruby-topaz Hummingbird, Merida, Venezuela

    I was filming another hummingbird when this one flew in and tried to intimidate it. These are the only 3 good frames from the video. It was all over in less than 2 seconds. See here for the original video and the slowed down version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMlMcwsHNKk
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    Small bird with distinctive call, Andes, Venezuela

    Great! That's the one, thanks. It's behaviour even confirms it (according to S Hilty): Tail flicks up, found in mossy forest under-story and thick shadowy undergrowth.
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    Small bird with distinctive call, Andes, Venezuela

    I was on the Humbolt Trail, in the Andes last month (around mid-August). It's forested, and around 2500m elevation. I was watching a hummingbird and noticed this small bird sitting right in front of me, watching the hummingbird too! It's quite an ordinary looking bird, but luckily it sang while...
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    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia in Venezuela'

    Thanks all. (And Tmlweed1: thanks, you are too kind! ;-) Luis, I absolutely agree re the difficulty of bird photography. I'm using a video camera at the moment, which makes things much easier - depth of field is greater, low light imaging is much easier, and of course, I'm capturing 50...
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  13. Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia in Venezuela

    Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia in Venezuela

    I was filming in the Andes on the Humboldt Trail and spotted a small bird high in the canopy. I had no idea what it was and the quality of the film was very poor but these 5 frames (very tightly cropped) were good enough to ID it later as a male Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia. I'm posting it...
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    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'amethyst woodstar'

    I'm lost for words at the clarity, detail and beauty of your images, Ronaldo, so I'll just say "wow" again!
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    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Red-necked Tanager'

    Wow, incredible shot!
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