Wattlebird with dangly earings seen yesterday at our Botanic Gardens. Winter's leafless trees aren't so pretty at the moment but birds that perch in them are easier to shoot. I risked my nice clean lens by standing at ground zero.
Ground Zero
Thu, 16/07/2009 - 13:20
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tarkineus
Ground Zero
Your photo shows the wattle very well. I have had the experience of standing too close to a rainbow lorikeet! Can't you sleep?!?
You're a brave man ! Nice shot of this yellow wattlebird, Tark. This is one species that I have not see in over 10 years. Must get back to King Is or Tassie for some of the endemics.
Cheers,
George
Melbourne, VIC
HI Tark
I have never seen the yellow one either we have the red here and as soon as I find there nest this year I will post a pic they have nested every other year.
Keep a close eye on them but not to close.lol
Hi Birdgirl, I think we've all been humiliated at one time or another during our lifetime ... though fortunately not often!
As for sleep, I take my 7/24 hours of it whenever it suits me best, as a retiree I don't need to abide by accepted norms! And as I've mentioned elsewhere, my Virgin wireless BB network gets completely clogged during out-of-school hours by the Utube / Facebook social networking brigade. Typically, this demographic crashes around 2:00am.
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Thanks George and smeeding. I'm regret not getting a clear shot of it. The only aspect unhindered by a lacework of twigs and branches was from directly below.
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour
Thanks Tark, I have not seen one before.
Good shots.
Thanks Tassie, I've been busier than the proverbial one-armed taxi driver. Yesterday drove 200kms to Bruny Is. and came home with only one (1) keeper!!! So today I went to Primrose Sands, an 80km round trip and managed to get a few nice shots of some kind of parrot and a finch or wren of sorts ... I'm hopeless on names and IDs of birds. I'll post a few tomorrow morning.
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour