10. Birds and bats
Key:
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BO - 1998 Borneo
VN - 1999 Venezuela
EC - 2000 Ecuador
CR - 2001 Costa Rica
TH - 2002 Thailand
OZ - 2003 Australia
MD - 2004 Madagascar
UK - United Kingdom
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1 Birds
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Berenty Reserve, South Eastern Madagascar, 700mm (1DMkII + EF500/F4 IS L & EF1.4xII handheld)
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I got these shots of the tree canopy at the top of a rickety steel ladder up an old rusty water tower
901j101 MD IP9S5769g cattle egret & nesting material
910j102 MD IP9S5118a egret chicks
910j103 MD IP9S5127k cattle egret feeding large chicks
910j104 MD IP9S5119a nest
910j105 MD IP9S5148b mohican
910j106 MD IP9S5073c egret
910j107 MD IP9S6014a malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus)
910j108 MD IP9S6023a at distance
910j109 MD IP9S6023a close up
910j110 MD IP9S6020c with fish
910j111 XX CRW_0943a laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
910j112 MD IP9S5915a
910j113 MD IP9S5198a kite grounded
910j114 MD IP9S5197b bird of prey
910j115 MD IP9S5806a
910j116 MD IP9S5925d broad billed roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
910j117 MD IP9S5588b maybe crested coua (Coua cristata) (cuckoo family)
910j118 MD IP9S5170a
910j119 MD IP9S5948a
910j120 MD IMG_9869a
brush turkey Alectura lathami
910j121 CR CRW_2553a D30 hummingbird
910j122 CR CRW_2097b hummingbird on branch
910j123 MD IP9S5176a owl
910j122 UK CRW_105-0545a English seagull
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2 Bats
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Berenty Reserve, South Eastern Madagascar, Xmas 2004
IP9S5690a flying fox flying 50 feet above rainforest canopy (1DMkII + EF500/F4 IS L handheld)
910j202 MD IP9S5691b cruising
910j203 MD IP9S5665a fox silhouette
910j204 MD IP9S5676a flying fox
910j205 MD IP9S5674c
910j206 MD XXXXXXa flying fox 50 feet up, above rainforest canopy
910j207 MD XXXXXXb flying fox 50 feet up inverted
910j208 OZ IMG_2621b flying fox inverted
910j209 OZ IMG_2614b fox face
910j210 OZ IMG_1643a face
910j211 OZ IMG_1638a tube nose bat in sanctuary
910j212 TH XXXXXXb bat on cave ceiling
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