Orange Bishop

Posted by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Tue Sep 23, 2003 2:11 am

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This is the same bird that Jim Probst posted last week. Jim was kind enough to take me to the spot where he had seen and photographed this bird and the little devil was still there, defending his territory.
This bird may be an exotic, but it is the most colorful bird in this part of southern california and a pleasure to watch and photograph.
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by stevebein on Tue Sep 23, 2003 2:32 am

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I am jealous. Where is the secret spot?
Wonderful image, great perch.

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by Alan Murphy on Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:14 am

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Very nice Richard. love that perch.

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by Jim Probst on Tue Sep 23, 2003 8:25 am

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Richard,

Terrific work! This turned out beautifully! The colors, detail and pose are first-rate!

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by AlexC on Tue Sep 23, 2003 8:57 am

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What a Get-Up!!!!
You are talking attention grabbing bird here !!
I wonder if the bite is poisonous!!!!
Congrats!!!

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Sep 23, 2003 11:42 am

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Cool bird and a nice perch. Nice shot!

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by Mike Wilson on Tue Sep 23, 2003 1:03 pm

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Man, look at that bird. Great stuff.

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by NDCheryl on Tue Sep 23, 2003 1:19 pm

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Lovely colors. great shot on a very nice perch.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Tue Sep 23, 2003 2:26 pm

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Richard,

Wow! What a beautiful bird and a very nice perch too.

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by Bill Keown on Tue Sep 23, 2003 3:03 pm

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Richard,
Eye popping colors on this bird. Great image, great detail.

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by Jim Urbach on Tue Sep 23, 2003 3:45 pm

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Richard,

Halloween came early this year. Lovely.

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by Laura Stiefel on Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:17 pm

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What a beautiful bird. Nice job with all the details in the black feathers. Very nice IMO.

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by Lillian Roberts on Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:36 pm

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Gorgeous bird, I've never seen one before, thanks for sharing! The BG would not have been my first choice but it works here.

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by Anthony Medici on Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:52 pm

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Bright bird. You should have warned me I'd need my sun glasses.

Tough exposure and I'm not sure you got it just right.

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by Rich S on Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:39 pm

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Halloween did come early! Wild colors and marvelous perch. Could take the sky a bit darker, but that's the cost, I suspect, of retaining detail through the blacks.

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by Heather Forcier on Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:12 am

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What a colorful bird. There seems to be a small bit of detail loss in the blacks (at least on my monitor) but it's very minor and not detract from the shot at all. Great perch, well done.

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by rbirtles on Wed Sep 24, 2003 5:50 pm

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Beautiful photo of a lovely bird.

If you are interested in more information read on:

Here in Australia we call these birds "Red Bishops" - Euplectes orix

There are an import and their true distribution are from Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and Mozambique.

In Australia there are usually a caged bird but in one of our Birding books it is reported that a wild population has become established in the state South Australia.

"Red Bishops are primarily grassland birds but are rarely found far from water... Nesting is cheifly found in reed beds."

For more information see http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/pdf/824.pdf

Hope this helps!

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