28 February, 2010

Closer to You: Rufous Piculet

28th February 2010, Kemensah, Selangor

 

I’ve shot Rufous Piculets before but they were either too dark , too blurry or too far. Not this time though

Opportunity  presented itself as I was trekking back to the jeep after a not so productive day. She lingered in the area for almost an hour but  her size ( about the size of your thumb) made her extremely  difficult to spot._DSC0728_f

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5 comments:

  1. never knew piculets are that small! marvelous pics too!

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  2. Yes, very difficult to focus on this micro woodpecker.
    Love that open bill shot.

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  3. Now you have "too wonderful!"

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  4. Yeah, Yee just got one in Perdik on Sunday. But I never get the chance to bump into them. Just wondering when my turns comes. Envy you.

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  5. Thanks all for your comments.
    Funny how the autofocus always fail to engage properly on a Piculet. I think the colour combination and the size is just not favourable to Nikon's autofocus. Had to manually overide the focussing to obtain these images.

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