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VIETNAM FEBRUARY 2010

The pictures in this gallery are the most difficult I have ever taken. I did not find the birds in Vietnam confiding and took shots at longer distances than I would normally. Lighting conditions too are tricky particularly on narrow jungle paths which could be too bright on one side and too dark on the other. As is usual in the tropics from 10.30 until around 3.30 the sun is too strong to take true colour shots. From a photographic viewpoint rather than being part of a birding group as I was it may be better to target specific species and concentrate on these rather than continually moving.
The group species total for 14 days was 256 though of course not all were seen by any member of the group.
The Vietnamese are very friendly and for a "people" photographer there are endless opportunities, but be prepared to feel old if you are over 21!!!
If interested in birding Vietnam contact Wildtour Vietnam at info@vietnamwildtour.com who guided the party to several of the country's premier birding sites.
Ashy Drongo
Ashy Drongo
Ashy Minivet
Ashy Minivet
Ashy Woodswallow
Ashy Woodswallow
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Asian Emerald Cuckoo
Asian Emerald Cuckoo
Black Eagle
Black Eagle
Black Eagle
Black Eagle
Black Eagle
Black Eagle
Black Eagle
Black Eagle
Black-browed Barbet
Black-browed Barbet
Black-crested Bulbul
Black-crested Bulbul
Black-crested Bulbul
Black-crested Bulbul
Black-throated Sunbird
Black-throated Sunbird
Black-throated Sunbird
Black-throated Sunbird
Black-throated Tit
Black-throated Tit
Blue Rock Thrush
Blue Rock Thrush
Bronze-winged Jacana
Bronze-winged Jacana
Bronzed Drongo
Bronzed Drongo
Brown Shrike
Brown Shrike
Burmese Shrike
Burmese Shrike
Burmese Shrike
Burmese Shrike
Cattle Egrets
Cattle Egrets
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Chestnut-vented Nuthatch
Chestnut-vented Nuthatch
Common Flameback
Common Flameback
Crested Serpent Eagle
Crested Serpent Eagle
Crimson Sunbird
Crimson Sunbird
Darter
Darter
Dollarbird
Dollarbird
Golden-crested Myna
Golden-crested Myna
Great White Egret
Great White Egret
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Green-backed Tit
Green-backed Tit
Green-backed Tit
Green-backed Tit
Green-eared Barbet
Green-eared Barbet
Grey Bushchat
Grey Bushchat
Grey Bushchat (female)
Grey Bushchat (female)
Grey-crowned Crocias
Grey-crowned Crocias
Grey-crowned Crocias
Grey-crowned Crocias
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher
Jerdon's Baza
Jerdon's Baza
Jerdon's Baza
Jerdon's Baza
Jerdon's Baza
Jerdon's Baza
Jerdon's Baza
Jerdon's Baza
Junglefowl
Junglefowl
Large Cuckoo-shrike
Large Cuckoo-shrike
Large Niltava (male)
Large Niltava (male)
Large Niltava (female)
Large Niltava (female)
Lesser Coucal
Lesser Coucal
Lesser Coucal
Lesser Coucal
Little Pied Flycatcher
Little Pied Flycatcher
 Long-tailed Minivet (male)
Long-tailed Minivet (male)
Long-tailed Minivet (female)
Long-tailed Minivet (female)
Mountain Bulbul
Mountain Bulbul
Mountain Imperial Pigeon
Mountain Imperial Pigeon
Mrs Gould's Sunbird
Mrs Gould's Sunbird
Mrs Gould's Sunbird
Mrs Gould's Sunbird
Mrs Gould's Sunbird (female)
Mrs Gould's Sunbird (female)
Orange-breasted Pigeon
Orange-breasted Pigeon
Orange-breasted Trogon
Orange-breasted Trogon
Oriental Honey Buzzard
Oriental Honey Buzzard
Oriental Magpie Robin
Oriental Magpie Robin
Oriental Pied Hornbill
Oriental Pied Hornbill
Oriental Pied Hornbill
Oriental Pied Hornbill
Purple Heron
Purple Heron
Purple Swamphen
Purple Swamphen
Racket-tailed Treepie
Racket-tailed Treepie
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Rufous-backed Sibia
Rufous-backed Sibia
Shikra
Shikra
Siberian Rubythroat
Siberian Rubythroat
Silver-backed Needletail
Silver-backed Needletail
Slender-billed Oriole
Slender-billed Oriole
Sooty Headed Bulbul
Sooty Headed Bulbul
Spotted Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Streaked Spiderhunter
Streaked Spiderhunter
Stripe-throated Bulbul
Stripe-throated Bulbul
Thick-billed Green Pigeon
Thick-billed Green Pigeon
Verditer Flycatcher
Verditer Flycatcher
Vietnamese Cutia (male)
Vietnamese Cutia (male)
Vietnamese Cutia
Vietnamese Cutia
Vietnamese Cutia (female)
Vietnamese Cutia (female)
Vinous-breasted Starling
Vinous-breasted Starling
White-breasted Moorhen
White-breasted Moorhen
White-tailed Leaf Warbler
White-tailed Leaf Warbler
White-tailed Leaf Warbler
White-tailed Leaf Warbler
White-throated Rock Thrush
White-throated Rock Thrush
Woolly-necked Stork
Woolly-necked Stork