Daily Archives: April 7, 2023
Costa Rica! Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch: Batsu Gardens, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica, December 2022 — Batsu Gardens, high on the mountainside above San Gerardo de Dota and the Savegre Mountain Resort, is one of my favorite places to spend an afternoon when visiting Costa Rica. It is a great place for photography…designed specifically for photographing the local seed and fruit eaters and the mountain hummingbirds…in comfort, with all the amenities right there. For the bird and wildlife photographer, it honestly does not get much better! This is Chestnut-capped Bushfinch, a common ground finch of the Talamancas. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixomator Pro and Apple Photos. ISO 400 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Oriental Honey Buzzard?
Oriental Honey Buzzard (?): Saltanpur National Park, Rajasthan, India, March 2023 — We saw way more raptors than I somehow expected in India…most were way far and soaring, but we did see a significant number perched closer. This one on one of the small islands in the marsh at Saltanpur. Someday I will develop a method of associating the ids our guides are making with the photos I am taking that works better than my memory…someday…but I did not have one in place for this trip. Merlin says this is an Oriental Honey Buzzard, but it also gives several other choices, and I can not honestly remember what the guide said. If anyone can say more definitely I would appreciate it. 🙂 Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/1000th.