Robert OToole Photography
Hungary Bee-Eaters, Rollers, Raptors and more
Hungary Bird Photography Workshop #1:
May 6-11, 2011. 7 Days: $ Price to be announced soon.
Hungary Bird Photography Workshop #2: May 11-17, 2011. 7 Days: $ Price to be announced soon.
Bee-eaters, European Rollers, raptors and more great birds in Hungary with Robert O’Toole. This central European country is known as one of the top tourist destinations in the world but it also offers some of the most amazing bird photography opportunities on the planet. Based 2 hours south of Budapest we will be visiting 14 established hides–10 within a radius of 1.2 miles–during the peak season bee-eaters, rollers, hoopoe, kestrel–all nesting, displaying, and mating. Bee eaters spend an enormous time in front of the set ups offering food to their mates: bees, wasps, butterflies and dragonflies. All right on our perches. Some bee eaters have been known to catch as many as 250 bees per day. Rollers will perch prominently while hunting and the male will feed the female about every 20 minutes with insects, rodents, snakes, lizards and frogs of all kinds. There will also be chances to photograph Golden Oriole, Cuckoo, Spoonbill, Squacco Heron, White-tailed Eagle, Goshawk, Sparrowhawk, Hawfinch and much more.
Hoopoe with prey, NIKON D700 and Nikkor 500mm f/4G ED VR, 1/3200 sec at F5.6, manual metering, flash off, ISO 1600. Image Copyright 2010 Robert OToole / Robert OToole Photography.
Please contact Robert at robert@robertotoolephotography.com to register or for more information.
