Yellow-crowned Bishop


Posted by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:43 pm

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Another African exotic photographed in the same locale as the Orange Bishop. Just the other day I photographed yet another type of African exotic in the same location(next post).
I have seen two Orange Bishops here, but only one Yellow-crowned. The Yellow-crowned seems much more secretive and doesn't allow as close an approach as the Orange.
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by Bill Whala on Sun Oct 12, 2003 12:20 am
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I love these photos of these exotic birds. This is another excellent shot. Great colors.
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by Alan Murphy on Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:11 am
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Great shot Richard. Love all these little perches your finding down there. This could handle a little off the right. Killer BG.
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by Laura Stiefel on Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:56 am
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Wonderful bird and a really cool perch. I love the deep green background but (fyi) I am seeing four strange faint vertical lines at the very top and a couple of what look to be dust spots. They barely distract from this well crafted image. I would love to see this species!
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by Jim Urbach on Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:04 am
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Richard, Another neat looking bird. Are these migrants or did someone release them?

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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:48 am
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Any idea how these birds are getting there? They sure are a treat - another excellent photo.
 

by Robert Kemmerlin on Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:50 am
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Cool little bird, very nice shot.
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by Jim Neiger on Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:31 am
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Cool bird! Cool perch! Nice BG! Good job!
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by Mike Wilson on Sun Oct 12, 2003 12:08 pm
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Another cool little bird. You must be having fun with these guys. Great color.
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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:45 pm
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Richard,

This is a very nice shot of a cool bird. The colors look great.
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by Paul Fusco on Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:29 pm
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Cool bird, Richard. Nice shot.
The perch is interesting as well.

Sounds like you found a little exotic bird gold mine there.

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Sun Oct 12, 2003 9:13 pm
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E.J. Peiker wrote:Any idea how these birds are getting there? They sure are a treat - another excellent photo.
I don't know for sure how these birds wound up in Southern California. I know that the Orange Bishops have been known to be in So. Cal. for quite some time now and are breeding and doing well.
I don't know about the Yellow-crowned Bishop. From what I can tell I don't think that they are as common or as established as the Orange Bishop.
My next post will be an exotic that I don't think even the very knowledgeable birder at the Nature Center knows is there. When I did a search on the web to confirm the i.d. of that bird most of the sites that came up were zoos.
Therefore, I assume that the most likely origin of the Yellow-crowned Bishop and the soon to be posted(big secret :wink: next bird) are zoos from which they've escaped.
If anyone has any other info on them, I'd be happy to hear about it.
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by Jill on Mon Oct 13, 2003 12:04 am
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Richard, A gorgeous morsel rendered beautifully. Methinks Alan wants the perch!! Looking forward to the secret exotic.
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by Rich S on Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:35 am
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One more very nice - background, perch and marvelous exotic.

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by Jim Probst on Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:48 pm
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Richard,

The Yellow-crowned Bishop against the dark green background is stunning! They just keep getting better and better!
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by Anthony Medici on Tue Oct 14, 2003 5:52 pm
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Wow. Nice color on that guy. You must have been pretty far away when you too this one. :D
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