White-lined Tanager female, Asa Wright, Trinidad

For any ipernity website users. Latest news from IMA, 4 June 2017 - thanks so much, Pam! I am posting here so that I can easily find this News update easily. Personally, I have all my Flickr photos and descriptions also posted on ipernity, as an extra backup. Things are sounding very positive, so if you are still with ipernity, please do stay!

"Dear Users,

It is estimated IMA will take over the Ipernity platform legally between the end of June 2017 to the end of August 2017. The end of August 2017 is more likely since Ipernity S.A. needs to be delisted from Euronext. Based on the administrator’s statement, he sees no objection to IMA’s takeover and indicates the probability of searching for a new buyer or rending IMA’s offer null and void is close to zero, especially since IMA could then claim damages. It is our understanding that the Ipernity platform will remain operational for the entirety of the transition period.

In parallel we have asked to Ipernity S.A., as you know, to add a 3 months subscription option at 12,99 € so as to cover the transition period. Unfortunately, we have not yet been able to agree on this particular point.

As part of the transition, IMA will soon take over the moderation functions of the Ipernity platform so that spam issues can be addressed and Explore can be updated again. Please do not expect miracles initially as we are all on a learning curve. We however condition our interventions as moderators to a signed waiver from Ipernity SA, because we can not take the risk of being held responsible for malfunctions of the site or other complaints from litigious members. We expect this waiver in the next few days, during which we will perfect our skills in this matter with the help of Christophe Ruelle who has committed to provide us with the essential principles - on Sunday evening if he keeps his commitment.

In the meantime for people who have renewed at the new rate, and for those who have paid for subscriptions after 2nd of May, please email a screenshot of your subscription history (www.ipernity.com/club/history) to IMA so that we can keep records, take this revenue in account and honor your membership to the best of our ability. You can use your camera to take a screenshot. Save the image on your own files, and send a copy of it to IMA:

Mailto: IMA.office@gmx.at
Title: Subscriptions
Content: Your Ipernity home URL (For example www.ipernity.com/home/12345 or www.ipernity.com/home/accountname)
Attachment: Your subscription history screenshot."

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This evening, I have just added 8 odds and ends from our trip to Trinidad & Tobago, including a view of the amazing open veranda at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the island of Trinidad. Not the best of images, but I did want to add them to my albums, so I'm trying to slip them in quietly : ) I will post a couple of better ones tomorrow morning, as my Sunday shots.

Yes, this shot is not what I intended - sharp focus on the branch and a blurry bird. However ... : )

"The White-lined Tanager is stikingly dimorphic, and the sight of the black male in close association with the rufous female is often the first clue to identification. The name refers to the extensive white on the underwing coverts of the male, which typically are visible only in flight." From Cornell's NeotropicalBirds.

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/overview...