When I was in Hongkong this week, I visited the birds of the aviary in Hongkong Park again - it is a peaceful, green area in the bustling city, full of birds' twitter and flutter, bustling in their own way. I brought my new Nikkor 200 to 500 mm telezoom lens to test in these controlled, predictable surroundings, rather dark with green foliage but with mostly stationary birds.
I saw the Bali Mynah couple again...
Detail of the Maroon-breasted Crowned Pidgeon (Goura sheepmakeri)
I saw the Bali Mynah couple again...
.... still squabbling....
"Not too close, please!"
Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi)
Crested Pidgeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
White-necked Mynah (Streptocitta albicollis)
The shy and tiny Silver-eared Mesia (Leiothrix argentauris)
Longtailed Broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae)
Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory)
I like the lens a lot, it is ultrasharp and easy to handle without tripod, even with slow shutter speeds. The only significant drawback compared with the classical Nikkor F4.0 200 - 400 mm wildlife telezoom is the much slower autofocus which makes it nearly impossible to follow a bird in flight. For the next safari, it seems that I have to bring both lenses.
Java sparrows (Padda oryzivora)
"holding hands"
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