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Pale-footed Swallow
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Pale-footed Swallow (Orochelidon flavipes)

The scarcer forest cousin of the abundant Blue-and-white Swallow
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Habitat
Montane foret (2600 masl)
Location
Yanachaga-Chemillén NP, Pasco, Peru
Date taken
Mar 9, 2020
Scientific name
Orochelidon flavipes
Equipment used
Canon 7d mk ii
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/2000 sec. f/8 ISO 2000
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njlarsen
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Now I am envious. On my last visit to Ecuador I visited several locations where they were supposed to be, but B&W was all that was visible.

Niels
 
delia todd
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Opus Editor
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What a wonderful find for you Thibaud.... and a great picture of this unusual swallow in flight too!!

This is the first image to come into the Gallery so I've now added it to The Opus article. Many thanks for sharing it with us my friend.
 
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njlarsen said:
Now I am envious. On my last visit to Ecuador I visited several locations where they were supposed to be, but B&W was all that was visible.

Niels
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Damn that's bad luck Niels! This was pretty much the only spot I saw them, but there seemed to be a small resident flock that would hunt over the exact same gully in the evenings.
 

Media information

Category
Central & South America & Mexico
Added by
Thibaud
Date added
View count
514
Comment count
5

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Aperture
ƒ/8
Focal length
560.0 mm
Exposure time
1/2000 second(s)
ISO
2000
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
IMG_2241.jpg
File size
2.2 MB
Date taken
Mon, 09 March 2020 4:14 PM
Dimensions
2473px x 1665px

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