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Saibal Sen

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Retired engineer who loves traveling, photography, birds, cooking, learning languages and exploring new food.

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A shiny metallic blue Myscelia Orsis butterfly in Itatiaia.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotgraphy #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #brazil #itatiaia #butterfly #mysceliaorsis

13.07.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent shot!!! πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

13.07.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful shot πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

11.07.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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MOM!!! Look at that ugly animal pointing that cylinder at me! Said the Dusky-Legged Guan. On the grounds of Hotel do YpΓͺ, Itatiaia.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotgraphy #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #brazil #itatiaia #guan #duskyleggedguan

11.07.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful shot of the Anhinga!

11.07.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Couple of Scale-throated Hermit hummingbird in the grounds of Hotel Donati, Itatiaia. Early morning low light conditions.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotgraphy #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #brazil #itatiaia #hummingbird #scalethroatedhermit

11.07.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Black-eyed Fairy hummingbird in Itatiaia, two hours from Rio.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotgraphy #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #brazil #itatiaia #hummingbird #blackeyedfairy

11.07.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Mangrove Rail in the lagoon near Rio all fluffed up with wind from behind.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotgraphy #nature #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #brazil #riodejaneiro #rail #mangroverail

11.07.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks πŸ™

10.07.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Bat Falcon in Itatiaia, two hours from Rio. Love the color combination and the patterns.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotgraphy #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #brazil #itatiaia #falcon #bafalcon

10.07.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ochre-collared Piculet, a tiny woodpecker, in the Iguazu National Park in Argentina. Wish it was facing me.

#nature #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #Argentina #IguazuNationalPark #woodpecker #ochrecollaredpiculet

10.07.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

PΓ£o de aΓ§ΓΊcar

10.07.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thrush-like Wrens with their calls that sound like videogame sound to me, in the Iguazu National Park in Argentina. They are large wrens.

#nature #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #Argentina #IguazuNationalPark #wren #thrushlikewren

10.07.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜€actually a full grown adult. Burrowing Owls are small size owls.

10.07.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Burrowing Owl on the lawns of the Great Melia Hotel in the Iguazu National Park in Argentina.

#nature #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #Argentina #IguazuNationalPark #owl #burrowingowl

10.07.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

No camera can reproduce what our eyes see!

09.07.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good spotting! πŸ˜‚

09.07.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Surely not! πŸ˜‚ that’s the tinge from the flashlight light.

09.07.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Blackish Rail in the Iguazu National Park in Argentina. It took patience waiting for the skittish bird to show itself.

#nature #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #Argentina #IguazuNationalPark #rail #blackishrail

09.07.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Green on green! A flock of tiny Cobalt-winged Parakeets eating grass in the Iguazu National Park in Argentina.

#nature #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #Argentina #IguazuNationalPark #parakeet #cobaltwingedparakeet

09.07.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Three Toco Toucans in the Iguazu National Park in Argentina. The one at the bottom yawns and you can see the tongue!

#nature #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #Argentina #IguazuNationalPark #toucan #tocotoucan

09.07.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A male Amazonian Kingfisher, fairly large species, near Devil’s Throat area of Iguazu Falls in Argentina.

#nature #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #Argentina #PuertoIguazu #kingfisher #amazoniankingfisher

08.07.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Tropical Screech Owl in the town of Puerto Iguazu in Argentina.

#nature #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #Argentina #PuertoIguazu #owl #tropicalscreechowl

08.07.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks πŸ™ Trogons are easy to photograph as they sit and pose.

08.07.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A male Atlantic Black-throated Trogon in the Iguazu National Park in Argentina.

#nature #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #Argentina #IguazuNationalPark #trogon #atlanticblackthroatedtrogon

08.07.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anhinga drying its feathers near Devil’s Throat area of Iguazu Falls in Argentina. It seems like it is wearing a shawl.

#nature #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #Argentina #PuertoIguazu #anhinga

08.07.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful 😍 this would be a very nice photo on the wall in the house. It reminds me of our local artist Gary Bukovnik, whose watercolors are displayed in the San Francisco Symphony hallways.

04.07.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Beautiful shot! Nothing like b&w to show contrast.

04.07.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Many-colored Rush-Tyrant hanging on to the reeds in Mendoza, Argentina.

#nature #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #canon #canonR5mkii #canonRF400mmf2.8 #canonRFTC1.4 #SouthAmerica #Argentina #Mendoza #manycoloredrushtyrant

04.07.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice shot! White faced whistling duck

04.07.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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