Valéry Schollaert
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Hi all,
I'm experiencing a great birding time on Flores where I'm stuck with the crisis since 2 months and half. You can see the place and most endemic bird photos here.
In the cottage of the lodge where I'm based, a bird tried to enter in the evening, like if it didn't see the window. No violent hit I think, just like crazy behaviour, hovering with the beak against the glass ; curtains were closed. I caught it easily by hand and release it further up but he flew back on the same place and tried to enter again.
I decided to catch it again and put it in a dark box to relax. After 20 minutes, I estimated he was ok and released it. He flew normally and vanished in the forest. This was last week ; I didn't see it since.
I was a bit panicked for it and didn't focus on the photos. I just took one before releasing. Here it is.
My best bet is a pullus Orange-footed Scrubfowl but it is so small and already flying good ? Despite it is know in the area, I haven't seen one in 8 weeks here. I didn't find any illustration online to confirm my identification, so your comment would be much welcome.
Thanks !
I'm experiencing a great birding time on Flores where I'm stuck with the crisis since 2 months and half. You can see the place and most endemic bird photos here.
In the cottage of the lodge where I'm based, a bird tried to enter in the evening, like if it didn't see the window. No violent hit I think, just like crazy behaviour, hovering with the beak against the glass ; curtains were closed. I caught it easily by hand and release it further up but he flew back on the same place and tried to enter again.
I decided to catch it again and put it in a dark box to relax. After 20 minutes, I estimated he was ok and released it. He flew normally and vanished in the forest. This was last week ; I didn't see it since.
I was a bit panicked for it and didn't focus on the photos. I just took one before releasing. Here it is.
My best bet is a pullus Orange-footed Scrubfowl but it is so small and already flying good ? Despite it is know in the area, I haven't seen one in 8 weeks here. I didn't find any illustration online to confirm my identification, so your comment would be much welcome.
Thanks !
