Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for filling in the details, now I can update the metadata in LR ;-) Alastair > Alastair Firkin wrote: > >> >>> Great shot of a lovely bird. Is this a mejiro (Japanese white-eye)? >>> Where was it? >>> >>> Here are a couple I saw in Japan: >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/5309086616/#/photos/geordiepete/5309086616/lightbox/ >>> >>> >>> Peter Cheyne >> >>I'm not sure about the name: white eyed finch is what I've been calling >>it. I'll have to look it up. They have been around our backyard for a few >>years now. Live in a group of about 20-30 and travel/feed in a group. One >>decides he doesn't like you, flies off and the rest follow. Cute but very >>fast tiny and 'busy'. >> > > The bird in Alastair's photo looks like it's in the family Zosteropidae, > a.k.a. White-eyes. Here's my Japanese White-eye photo: > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/zosteropidae/jwey00.html > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >