I need a bird book.

cmr164cmr164 Registered Users Posts: 1,542 Major grins
edited March 17, 2005 in Wildlife
The 500mm f/4.0L IS has me taking bird shots I never thought about. Here is a guy from the northern edge of Tokyo bay. Anyone ID him?

ISO 400 , f/5.0 , 1/400 , 500mm
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Charles Richmond IT & Security Consultant
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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    Sorry I cant help Charles, all of my books are for North America.

    Nice bird tho.
    http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/

  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    cmr164 wrote:
    The 500mm f/4.0L IS has me taking bird shots I never thought about. Here is a guy from the northern edge of Tokyo bay. Anyone ID him?

    ISO 400 , f/5.0 , 1/400 , 500mm
    Sorry I can't ID him either all my books are for Florida or the US. Good capture though. The colors look great and the detail in the shot is excellent. Shame that one branch was over the face a bit.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,949 moderator
    edited March 17, 2005
    The colors are similar to a jay so I thumbed through my North American
    guide and don't see anything except the Island Scrub Jay that's even close.
    Even then, the head is wrong. Maybe it's in the right direction though.

    Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

    Ian
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    It is an Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyana).

    http://mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec189-45.html
    Dixie
    Photographs by Dixie
    | Canon 1Ds | Canon 5D Mark II | Canon 5D | Canon 50D | Canon 10D | Canon EOS Elan 7 | Mamiya Pro S RB67 |
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  • StanStan Registered Users Posts: 1,077 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    Dixie wrote:
    It is an Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyana).

    http://mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec189-45.html
    good source thumb.gif thanks for the link, I am always on the lookout for good bird
    references
    Stan.smugmug.com
  • cmr164cmr164 Registered Users Posts: 1,542 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    Dixie wrote:
    It is an Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyana).

    http://mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec189-45.html
    Very cool! Page added to my bookmarks. THANKS
    Charles Richmond IT & Security Consultant
    Operating System Design, Drivers, Software
    Villa Del Rio II, Talamban, Pit-os, Cebu, Ph
  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    You're both welcome. The references are so big you have to narrow the search. For this one, I enter Japan and came up with a bunch of pages and luckily he was on the third page I checked if I remember correctly.

    Their photos are the best, but at least you have a decent chance of being able to ID a bird if you at least know where the photo was taken.
    Dixie
    Photographs by Dixie
    | Canon 1Ds | Canon 5D Mark II | Canon 5D | Canon 50D | Canon 10D | Canon EOS Elan 7 | Mamiya Pro S RB67 |
    ...and bunches of Canon lenses - I'm equipment rich and dollar poor!
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