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(Message started by: Anguslau on Jun 4^th, 2004, 10:57am)

Title: Raptors in Borneo (Borneo 婆羅洲)
Post by Anguslau on Jun 4^th, 2004, 10:57am

Lesser Fish Eagle 漁鵰 Ichthyophaga humilis
http://www.pbase.com/image/29620832.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau017.jpg

Brahminy Kite 栗鳶 Haliastur indus
http://www.pbase.com/image/29620784.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau018.jpg

White-bellied Sea Eagle 白腹海鵰 Haliaeetus leucogaster
http://www.pbase.com/image/29620896.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau019.jpg

White-fronted Falconet 白額小隼 Microhierax latifrons
(smallest raptor in the world; only 6" tall; endemic to Borneo)
http://www.pbase.com/image/29620838.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau020.jpg

Wallace's Hawk Eagle 華氏鷹鵰 Spizaetus alboniger
http://www.pbase.com/image/29620787.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau021.jpg

Crested Serpent Eagle 蛇鵰 Spilornis cheela
http://www.pbase.com/image/29620780.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau022.jpg

Jerdon's Baza 褐冠鵑隼 Aviceda jerdoni
http://www.pbase.com/image/29620678.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau024.jpg

Oriental Honey Buzzard 鳳頭蜂鷹 Pernis ptilorhyncus
http://www.pbase.com/image/29620650.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau026.jpg

Buffy Fish Owl 馬來漁鴞 Ketupa ketupu
http://www.pbase.com/image/29620775.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau023.jpg

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http://www.pbase.com/image/29620666.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/anguslau/anguslau025.jpg

Title: Re: Raptors in Borneo
Post by mfho on Jun 4^th, 2004, 5:00pm

I think the last one is oriental honey buzzard ::)

Title: Re: Raptors in Borneo
Post by Anguslau on Jun 5^th, 2004, 1:12pm

Thanks, mfho. :)

Title: Re: Raptors in Borneo
Post by Koel_Ko on Jun 7^th, 2004, 3:17am

Very nice photos and birding indeed!
Taking the Buffy Owl must have been exhilarating - how did you manage that in the dark? What was the setting of the encounter?
By the way the 'Wallace's' could be a Besra. It is quite an elegant and slim accipiter.

Title: Re: Raptors in Borneo
Post by Anguslau on Jun 8^th, 2004, 11:10am

Koel,

Thanks for the correction.

We took a night cruise along the river to see the owls and other nocturnal creatures. The guide used a spotlight to search for them (via their iris reflections). I tried to take photos using a 300/2.8 with 550EX flash handheld. At first I tried to using autofocus and thought that the focus assist light on the flash would help me to focus in the dark. But I soon found that it didn't work because the subjects were too far away. The lens simply didn't respond at all. I had to use manual focus. Although it was tough, but at least I can get some photos this way. Unfortunately by the time I started to get the hang of it, the show was over. Most of my pictures were blurred, including an otherwise perfect frontal shot of the owl without "red" eyes. But it was too blurred to be of any value. :-[

Title: Re: Raptors in Borneo
Post by Etta on Jun 8^th, 2004, 1:03pm

Nice shots!! Thanks Angus for the generous sharing!!

Etta :D

Title: Re: Raptors in Borneo (Borneo 婆羅洲)
Post by Koel_Ko on Jun 15^th, 2004, 5:46am

Agreed! the joy in photogrphy of birds does not exist purely in taking good photos. It is in knowing them better as well and learning how to 'cope' with them, to live with them and appreciate the little souls behind the feathers :D