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White-Throated Kingfisher (2)
Meerkat
![Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 17 W: 0 N: 620]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/s-n-g.gif) (3251) | I would said it's a very shy and timid bird, I have to hide myself behind a tree away from it vision inorder to capture this photo.
White-throated Kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensis
Main features: Medium (28cm); throat and breast white, but no white collar; head and rest of underparts chocolate brown. Wings, tail and back turquoise; bill large (6-7cm), red; feet red.
Female: brown parts not so dark.
Juvenile: Duller; bill initially dark; fine dark scallops on white breast; lesser wing-coverts mottled black.
Call: Described as a loud shrill whinnying kek-kek which trails off; a harsh repeated klip; a piercing staccato laugh.
In flight: Blue with wing tips black; white patch at base of primaries;
Similar birds:
Collared Kingfisher (H./Todirhamphus chloris) has white collar; black bill and feet; blue cap; no brown underparts; in flight uniformly blue upperparts.
Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) has white collar, black cap. in flight appears similar.
Status in Singapore: Common resident throughout the island and North and South offshore islands. |
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Meerkat
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Sharpening
Edited by:jpinkham
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 80 W: 4 N: 146]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (661) |
Ang, I ran this through my fairly typical two-pass sharpening regimen. First, I ran the Sharpen (Smart Redux) plug-in from the free photo-editing program, The Gimp. Second, I ran Unsharp Mask at Radius 1.5, Amount 0.5 and Threshold 1. Then I sized at the maximum possible beneath the 200K limit. Hope you like the outcome.
Best regards,
Jim |
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