Blue Bearded Bee Eater!

This is a record shot, was shot again at Wild Woods Spa, the angle was steep and the bird was at a distance even for 1.4x TC.

Experts please confirm the id.


Camera - Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, 500mm+ 1.4x TC

Av 8
Tv 1/640
ISO 400
EC + 0.7 step
Focal length 700mm
Monopod
Date and Time : 30th Dec'11 @ 9:23am

Lovely composition.Thanks for sharing.

The perch and the eye contact is nice. Reducing the saturation would be good. Wish it was close. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful find Praveen sir. The composition is nice. Agree that reducing the saturation will be good.

tfs

Cute bird. Good to see that you are using your monopod again.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Praveen, this does not appear to be the Blue-bearded Bee-eater. The BB Bee-eater will have a very heavy curved beak and the coloration is also very different.In all probabilities this is Blue-winged Leafbird juvenile.It has all the classic features for the Leafbird juv.Excellent photograph.

Thank you all for the comments, Ragoo thanks for the id

Nice image. Like the compo. Agree on the ID. BBBE is also a bigger bird
TFS
Roopak