El fin de semana pasado realicé una prueba con el lente zoom
canon 75 – 300 mm
y el telescopio. Hubo que colocarle una banda elástica de goma para que se
mantuviera el zoom en 135 mm
ya que el peso de la cámara hacía que la medida variara. Se podría disparar con
el zoom a 300 mm,
pero queda muy oscuro, por eso decidí ir bajando la medida hasta tener algo
viable. Quedó entonces en los 135. La primer foto corresponde a unos 50 mm aproximadamente, allí
se marca la ubicación del ostrero. Para mi los aumentos logrados son
impresionantes.
lunes, 30 de junio de 2014
lunes, 23 de junio de 2014
Fuera de mi sitio.
Donde hay muchas aves juntas, siempre hay alguna pelea, esta
vez un ostrero sacó del sitio a un tero real.
Los ojos de los ostreros
Este fin de semana salí a fotografiar ostreros y me detuve a
observar las manchas características en los ojos y picos. Es verdaderamente
interesante. Un compañero de foro de aves me pasó al respecto esta información que me resulta espectacular, la comparto en el idioma de origen.
"Sexing oystercatchers in the field is difficult because males and females have identical plumage and are similar in size. Although Black Oystercatchers (Haematopus bachmani) are sexually dimorphic, using morphology to determine sex requires either capturing both pair members for comparison or using discriminant analyses to assign sex probabilistically based on morphometric traits. All adult Black Oystercatchers have bright yellow eyes, but some of them have dark specks, or eye flecks, in their irides. We hypothesized that this easily observable trait was sex-linked and could be used as a novel diagnostic tool for identifying sex. To test this, we compared data for oystercatchers from genetic molecular markers (CHD-W/CHD-Z and HINT-W/HINT-Z), morphometric analyses, and eye-fleck category (full eye flecks, slight eye flecks, and no eye flecks). Compared to molecular markers, we found that discriminant analyses based on morphological characteristics yielded variable results that were confounded by geographical differences in morphology. However, we found that eye flecks were sex-linked. Using an eye-fleck model where all females have full eye flecks and males have either slight eye flecks or no eye flecks, we correctly assigned the sex of 117 of 125 (94%) oystercatchers. Using discriminant analysis based on morphological characteristics, we correctly assigned the sex of 105 of 119 (88%) birds. Using the eye-fleck technique for sexing Black Oystercatchers may be preferable for some investigators because it is as accurate as discriminant analysis based on morphology and does not require capturing the birds. ??2008 Association of Field Ornithologists." (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70031925).
Supongo que también sucederá con los Haematopus palliatus.
"Sexing oystercatchers in the field is difficult because males and females have identical plumage and are similar in size. Although Black Oystercatchers (Haematopus bachmani) are sexually dimorphic, using morphology to determine sex requires either capturing both pair members for comparison or using discriminant analyses to assign sex probabilistically based on morphometric traits. All adult Black Oystercatchers have bright yellow eyes, but some of them have dark specks, or eye flecks, in their irides. We hypothesized that this easily observable trait was sex-linked and could be used as a novel diagnostic tool for identifying sex. To test this, we compared data for oystercatchers from genetic molecular markers (CHD-W/CHD-Z and HINT-W/HINT-Z), morphometric analyses, and eye-fleck category (full eye flecks, slight eye flecks, and no eye flecks). Compared to molecular markers, we found that discriminant analyses based on morphological characteristics yielded variable results that were confounded by geographical differences in morphology. However, we found that eye flecks were sex-linked. Using an eye-fleck model where all females have full eye flecks and males have either slight eye flecks or no eye flecks, we correctly assigned the sex of 117 of 125 (94%) oystercatchers. Using discriminant analysis based on morphological characteristics, we correctly assigned the sex of 105 of 119 (88%) birds. Using the eye-fleck technique for sexing Black Oystercatchers may be preferable for some investigators because it is as accurate as discriminant analysis based on morphology and does not require capturing the birds. ??2008 Association of Field Ornithologists." (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70031925).
Supongo que también sucederá con los Haematopus palliatus.
martes, 3 de junio de 2014
Otro ostrero
El ostrero es un ave muy hermosa, eso si no consideramos las
patas porque tiene unos dedos rechonchos, rosaditos que no me gustan nada.
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