Blue Bird-of-Paradise - Stu Elsom - Stuart Elsom Ecology / Rockjumper Birding Tours
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Wate Village
Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
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Map
Map Coordinates: -5.9939237, 143.0346537
Age
Not specified
Sex
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Observation details

Female seen first but then cracking views of a male feeding and preening in trees exactly where Benson said it would be! Beautiful powder blue with black head, broad white eye-crescents, long silk-like tail feathers. One of my most wanted birds

Technical information

Model
DSC-W210
ISO
400
Focal length
21.4 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/5.8
Shutter speed
1/40 sec
Dimensions
1944 pixels x 1296 pixels
Original file size
1004.4 KB