It was a coolish, dark, misty day that rurned to rain later on and we were in Onuma.
There were several singing Narcissus Flycatchers, their song filling the forest and they could even be heard above the noise of the nearby Chinese tour groups.
It was too dark for decent pics, these were taken with the 500/f4 handheld, wide open mainly and at high ISO with lowish shutter speeds.
At Kamiiso there eas nothing of interst save a small flock of Black Headed Gulls on their way north. There were no waders in the ricefields either, or at least I couldn't find any.
Lots of Skylark though. This used to be split and known as Japanese Skylark but is now lumped back together with the European one. They have a great talent for momentarily looking like something interesting before you realise it's just another Skylark.
I know what you mean about Skylarks…
ReplyDeleteThe IS on the 500 must be useful when hand-holding in the woods…good results, anyway.
Without IS it would be impossible to handhold in dark conditions, and a monopod would gave been difficult with such active subjects.............
DeleteWhat a beautiful Flycatcher - well captured shots of all. Interesting about the classification of Skylarks too.
ReplyDeleteHi, yes it is one of the most striking birds of the region..................
DeleteLovely captures, so soft looking yet detailed. Beautiful colours on that flycatcher.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Karen................
DeleteFirst shot has a lovely background and I like the one in song. I had read about the nightmare which was Skylark distribution. I was listening to them singing today - your shot shows what understated beauties they actually are.
ReplyDeleteThe taxonomy debate was one of the rare times this species was almost in the limelight....................
DeleteVery effective lighting with dramatic result. Nice detail too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Russell..................
DeleteGorgeus bird the Flycatcher! great pictures, congrats!
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