Lawes's Parotia - Vincent van der Spek
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Location

Tonga Trail
Enga, Papua New Guinea
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Map Coordinates: -5.699444, 143.925833
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Observation details

A genuine surprise! I couldn´t believe it when I scoped them that these two birds turned out to be this species, that we did not have a stake-out for. The female later came down to the fruiting tree, at eye level.

Technical information

Model
NIKON D5300
ISO
1600
Focal length
300 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/4.0
Shutter speed
1/1000 sec
Dimensions
1600 pixels x 1066 pixels
Original file size
662.53 KB