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Be it or Be it not?

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Posted by Paul King on April 5, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Be it or Be it not?
Not so difficult in the hand! so dark legs, primary to tertiary ratio, Odd stripe over the eye? no supcillium? Hmmmm?

D300 300mm 1/1250 ISO400

Bibbled, CS2 bit of contrast and USM only

Your C&C is, as allways welcome, and ID? :wink:
Posted by David Kjaer on April 5, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Hi Paul

Interesting behaviour - did you take this in the UK. If so you are tempted to look at one of two groups of warbler either Acrocephalus or Locustella but feeding on nectar or are their insects inside the flower head. Where and when did you take it and what was the habitat it was in?

David :toast:
Posted by Paul King on April 5, 2008 at 2:44 PM
HI David,
Taken on Tenerife, adjacent to gardens and bananna plantation!!
parhaps a differnet view?
Posted by Tim Munsey on April 5, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Gorgeous background on the first shot. No idea of bird ID.

Tim
Posted by Craig Nash on April 5, 2008 at 5:18 PM
A Canary Island Endemic Chiffchaff
Posted by Mike Smith on April 6, 2008 at 3:57 AM
That tail is truly weird :confused:
Posted by Paul Inglis on April 6, 2008 at 7:13 AM
Hi Paul,

Great capture!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by eric weight on April 7, 2008 at 1:44 PM
That's a clever shot Paul. I really like that.
:toast: :toast: Eric