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Uploaded: 05/24/04 5:31 PM GMT
Unknown, but colourful...
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Who is able to help me and to tell me what it is?

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::Torque
05/24/04 5:45 PM GMT
ooh ooh I know! It's a great picture :). Haha sorry, nice capture Pierre~
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~My select image - Daydream
::JOHANNA
05/24/04 5:52 PM GMT
i can not help, but it's a beautiful image!! Nice shot,Pierre.
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carpe diem.
+ppigeon
05/24/04 6:01 PM GMT
Thanks Josh & Joost. Thanks to BJ, it seems to be a bird of the Motmot family, maybe a Broad-billed Motmot.
See this website :-))
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"Violence is the last resort of the incompetent" (I. Asimov)
bjb
05/24/04 6:07 PM GMT
Beautiful bird photo again Pierre.
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B.J. ;)
+Piner
05/24/04 6:19 PM GMT
Nice shot Pierre. Looks like this bird was more co-operative then the one from "A I". :c)
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The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from an artist is to make him ruin his work. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1832)
+ppigeon
05/24/04 6:28 PM GMT
Exactly, Tom. Hahaha :-D
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::CaptainHero
05/24/04 6:56 PM GMT
Hell, I know nothing about birds, but it doesn't look like that Motmot to me - the plumage looks different. I'd say it was some sort of Tit, because of the eye stripe, but the beak is wrong and judging by the background I assume it's somewhere more exotic?

How about a Green Bee-eater? See this picture or this one. Or how about this one?

Nice pic, anyway.
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CaptainHero "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." Bertrand Russell
::bigjon
05/24/04 9:31 PM GMT
Wow this is any awesome shot. the colors of the bird against the background wow. very nice 10 and in my favorites
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bjb
05/24/04 10:03 PM GMT
Matthew's third pic looks very close Pierre. My apologies.
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B.J. ;)
::Marideath
05/24/04 10:19 PM GMT
Terrific shot, Pierre! It looks more like one of the bee-eaters to me than it does like a motmot, but more like the white-fronted bee-eater variety (usually found in Africa or India, although they do migrate) than the European bee-eater variety. At least that's my humble opinion. :D Whatever the species it's a great shot...high marks and kudos! :)
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Mary in Montana
mscraft
05/24/04 10:29 PM GMT
It's great,I know nothing about girds, but i love this photo
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neez
05/25/04 3:09 AM GMT
Nice shot again Pierre.
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~Let it be as it is desired~
mimi5947
05/25/04 6:48 AM GMT
This is a beutiful bird. SO now, the question has it's answer! Wonderful capture Pierre. Very nice of this beauty to pose while you snapped this photo to share with us! Whatever it is, it is in my fav's on my HD. Thank you.
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"You can observe a lot just by watching"-Yogi Berra
+ppigeon
05/25/04 8:06 AM GMT
Wow! A lot of nice comments on that bird!!! The photo was taken in Paradisio Park, in a tropical greenhouse. I was too busy to take photos, than I forgot to look at the informations on that bird... :-) Thanks again!
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"Violence is the last resort of the incompetent" (I. Asimov)
+Samatar
05/26/04 1:13 AM GMT
I was sure this was a bee-eater as soon as I saw it. We get one here that looks very similar, I will check to see if it is migratory but I think it is more brightly colored than this one; of course the plumage could be seasonal...
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-Everyone is entitled to my opinion-
+Samatar
05/26/04 1:26 AM GMT
After some investigation, I think Mary is right, it is a white fronted bee-eater. Here is a link: http://www.junglewalk.com/popup.asp?type=s&AnimalwebsiteID=1731 Note the white stripe on the throat with the patch of reddish brown underneath, and the green wings. More info: http://www.junglewalk.com/popup.asp?type=s&AnimalwebsiteID=2857, although the photo isn't as good (neither of them are as good as yours Pierre)
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-Everyone is entitled to my opinion-
+ppigeon
05/26/04 7:35 AM GMT
Hehe... Thank you Sam for these very good explanations :-) I've another pic of this bird, but in couple...
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"Violence is the last resort of the incompetent" (I. Asimov)
::mayne
05/29/04 7:09 AM GMT
Great shot Pierre! Nice to know the name...its beak looks well adapted for bee eating;-)
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Darryl
Si
06/02/04 11:09 AM GMT
Beautiful capture, Pierre - lovely fine detail in the feathers and great use of focus to separate him from the BG. And I'll go along with him being a bee-eater, although I wouldn't have known he was the white-fronted variety...
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+ppigeon
06/02/04 5:24 PM GMT
Thanks for these reviews, Darryl & Simon :-)
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"Violence is the last resort of the incompetent" (I. Asimov)
::jojomercury
06/02/04 10:02 PM GMT
Nicely composed Pierre.I love the soft earth brown in the background.It brings out the foreground colors very well.
Peace&Respect Jojo
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Laying Easy Somewhere Shade Across My Mind
speedy_10
06/26/04 9:37 PM GMT
i can't tell what that is *~*, But i can say that it's nice and pretty! I agree with Jojo, i like the soft earth brown as well, high marks from me!
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You only have one shot at life, don't waste it + My image of choice Trippy Shere's and my work
Frelu
06/28/04 7:01 PM GMT
great image... nice bird...;-)
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Sous le soleil, toutes choses doivent finir un jour / Under the sun, all things must finish one day ( Legolas Lord of the rings )
+samarn
07/19/04 9:03 AM GMT
Very good! nice photo Pierre.
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trisbert
09/28/04 4:02 PM GMT
I don't know this one but I can say he's a very handsome little bloke. I think it deserves a higher c-index than its getting.
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There are three colours, Ten digits and seven notes, its what we do with them that’s important. Ruth Ross
jsbOPS
09/30/04 11:42 PM GMT
you have a good eye.
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_myst_
03/18/05 1:25 AM GMT
this one is so cute.. all those colours are so gorgeous. i like the contrast between them and the background.. how do you manage to impress me every time??! :)

and the little birdy.. did you find out what is it? well.. it doesn't matter, he is famous in here :))) and i agree, more co-operative than that parrot, heheh :)
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...all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream...
verenabloo
03/26/05 5:50 AM GMT
What a darling little bird..and a most colourful beautiful photo Pierre!!
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Shoot for the moon.Even if you miss,you'll land among the stars.
::lythrum
07/04/05 2:30 AM GMT
Very clear, bright shot. Thanks.
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.ezulwinikid
01/28/06 11:18 AM GMT
Hi Pierre
This is an excellent shot of a beautiful bird. Sorry I don't know what it is, but I think it might be a type of insect eater from the look of its beak. Well done great shot!
Deborah
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engelbrech
06/28/06 4:41 PM GMT
this is the whitefronted bee eater - good shot
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ShiroOokami
11/20/06 2:23 PM GMT
Nice, it's a blue-tailed bee eater
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.obscene_ness
02/13/07 5:03 AM GMT
you have some really nice pictures! loving them!
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my gallery
Jopajerico
09/22/08 4:48 PM GMT
it is a carmine bee-eater...
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.robtrapp47
05/22/09 5:03 PM GMT
It would starve in my area; I haven't seen a bee in several years. Wasps and hornets yes, no bees.
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I'm old. How'd that happen?
.meiamafreak
06/02/09 4:56 AM GMT
this is absolutely gorgeous! the clarity is stunning! Well done and thanks for sharing@
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.slickj88
08/21/11 3:41 PM GMT
Beautiful bird. I have a bachelors in wildlife sciences and I would say it is an old white fronted bee-eater. Most white fronted bee-eaters have a red patch underneath the white stripe, but this one is faded quite a bit, which is why I would say it is pretty old. Great photo though!
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::ro_and
02/13/13 8:00 PM GMT
ow, what an amazing capture, perfectly done....Ro
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let me keep my eyes open, let me see the beauty

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