Today, Sandra and I made a birding trip together but it wasn't long before the bush had led us down different paths - thank god for cellphones! However, I think we probably did better own our own as just before we drifted apart I almost had a Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo on my card when Sandra came blundering up the track and it flew away ... Grrr! :-(
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Later, on my own, :-( I caught this New Holland Honey Eater that I recognised from those seen at South Arm a few months back (one of my early posts to this forum.)
HI Tark
Realy nice photo mate he looks right at home in the bottlebrush.
Sandra reported that she found an unusual bird , which Ed and I think is a Yellow-throated Honeyeater.
So you each got something.
But I understand something of your frustration, as there is an acquired art to moving quietly in the bush,
Listen, listen, listen.
step forward a few paces.
Listen, listen, listen.
Cheers
Denis
Denis Wilson
www.peonyden.blogspot.com
@smeedingo2, Yes, he fits perfectly into the colour scheme!
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@Denis, many thanks and yes, I read yours and ed's threads to Sandra. She was quite chuffed at capturing her first bird, hopefully she's hooked!
And to some degree I've realised the importance of moving quietly in the bush, stop, "listen, listen, listen" like you say.
I've also had success by avoiding standing in open spaces. Better to sit or squat in deep shady places, wear bush-colours, wait for birds to come to me, and no white T-shirts with Butcherbird motifs.
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour
I have just processed another from this sequence - in such a stance I might have trouble swallowing!
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour
Great little fellows these! The most common bird in my backyard because of all the Grevilleas I planted. Feisty as you like, they take on the bigger birds with a lot of noise.
Nice shots Tark.
Nice shots Tark of a beautiful bird,well done.
Thanks Lyn, I'm looking forward to seeing a few shots of this bird and others that you're so lucky to have visit your backyard. At such close range with that new camera and 600mm lens, you should be able to put them right in our faces! :-)
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Thanks Tassie, as said in my other post, I went to this rerserve in hope of bringing home a Forty Spotted Pardalote that inhabits the area. Sandra thinks she saw one but we weren't at the same place. That's why I named this topic as I did, and rather foolishly I think! LOL
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour
Well done on the New Holland Honeyeater Tark popular backyard bird here.
I'd love to have one visit my backyard - you are all very lucky!
Raoul
Thanks mate, this bird is in great numbers down here, yet until I started birding I cannot say that I had ever noticed them.
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Birdgirl
Well I guess it's just that different birds inhabit different areas. You certainly have been showing us a great variety of lovely birds from the Hunter Valley region too.
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour