Lewins Honeyeater

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kevinj
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Lewins Honeyeater

A bird that,until yesterday,has eluded me.

Reflex
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Ah Ha!.. I saw one of those here yesterday a couple of times. I didn't know what it was and the picture in my field guide didn't help at all.

Nice shot they don't keep still long.

Samford Valley Qld.

Araminta
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Nice photo Kevin. I have had them in my garden for years, they are not shy at all. I guess it depends on where you live too? I have stopped taking photos of them, because they hang around a lot, just like the Yellow Robins. I hear their call all day long.

If you get to know their song, you might see them more often?

M-L

birdie
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Good catch Kevinj .... although they are common in some areas they can tend to hide quite a lot too. I love the colour of their eyes . You seem pretty close , what kind of lens are you using?

Sunshine Coast Queensland

WhistlingDuck

NIce photo -  Morcombe's field guide says they are "abundant", but i have only seen them a couple of times, lucky for me they did stay around to have their picture taken. 

kevinj
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Thanks for looking,they may be abundant but they hide pretty well around my area,sad,this was taken with my Sigma 150-500mm@ 500mm,the original image is much sharper,it lost a bit in the download.

Shooting Birds with a Canon.

birdie
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I have the same lens Kevin and I know it has some shortcomings at times but on the whole it is good I guess ( I have recently been moaning about it here frown  )

With regards to your image , it is best for you to open a Flickr account and then resize your image to about 2000 on the longest side and upload to there. Then you can post a link to here which doesnt degrade that image at all.  it is a bit complicated but there should be plenty of help on here if you have troubles

Sunshine Coast Queensland

shoop
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Unfortunately we don't get them here in Western Australia ( that I know of ) so thanks for sharing such a lovely photo and hope you get to see some more Kevin.

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

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