As the Satin Bowerbird is the featured backyard bird it is probably timely to remind ourselves of the dangers of plastic milk containers. The males will collect anything blue to decorate their bower to attract a mate.
Either some well-meaning soul left a blue top out for the Bowerbird or maybe it pinched it from a bin - but this one ended up with the ring firmly around its neck. The direction its neck feathers lay meant that the ring would not slip off again.
It took me a week of building a soft trap and patiently waiting for it but I finally managed to catch it and clip the ring off with sidecutters.
Perhaps it might pay to advise neighbours etc of the dangers. 
Immature male getting his blue feathers.
Healesville.
Roly
Healesville
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Having her lunch of Juniper berries.
Roly
Healesville
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Well done for capturing the bird and removing the plastic ring. Those are magnificent quality shots. What equipment were you using if you don't mind my asking?
Samford Valley Qld.
Wow Roly, these are fantastic photos! I have never seen a young male changing into adult colours.
What a great effort to remove the bottle top from the poor bird's chest
There are so many different traps our native birds , and other animals, can find themselves in. Last year I freed a King Parrot in my garden , he had some of the netting people use to cover their trees with, firmly around his neck and chest.
BTW, nice to see you back on the forum, hope you hang around for a bit, I enjoy your great photography very much.
M-L
Thanks Reflex and M-L.
Yes, we often think of turtles, dolphins and sea-birds getting caught in plastic beer-can holders and fishing nets but we forget about our terrestrial friends. Good on you, M-L - doesn't it give you a thrill to know that not only have you saved a little creature's life but you've actually had the intimacy of touching a wild animal?
Reflex, I was using a Canon 5D MkII then with a 70-200 lens for the one on the brickwork and a 400mm for the other two. Since then, I have bought myself a retirement present - a Canon 1DX. I'll try to post a couple more.
Roly
Healesville
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Roly
Healesville
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Roly
Healesville
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Beautiful crystal clear photographs, great subject to photograph as well, love the colour of those eyes.
Samford Valley Qld.
Now, I know Roly doesn't mind me quoting my husband, he has met him
But every time I hear the question: what equipment are you using? It puts a smile on my face. My naughty husband always used to say: Using a camera is like having sex, it doesn't matter what equipment you use, it's what you do with it
(blame him, he said it, I didn't
)
Here he is, does look inocent enough, doesn't he?
M-L
The implications of human junk production are so often profound. It will be interesting to see how long humans take to wake up to what they're doing.
Lovely man!
Lovely lady, M-L! :)
Roly
Healesville
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