I have to disagree, they are all brown thornbills in this thread. The head shape gives them away for me now after the post where i misatken the LBSW for Brown Thornbill. I had never seen a LBSW until that photo for that earlier thread so i thought it was a discoloured thornbill and was more confused as there was a thornbill with it and i thought a thornbill and LBSW would be aggressive in calls and behaviour towards each other but this wasn't the case. Thornbills also have lighter feet as well as darker if you look at images on the net. The eyes on Brown Thornbills are very redish/brown while on LBSW they are darker and also Brown Thornbills have white edging on tail feathers as well as the streaking on breast and throat. Also the poses make the bill look bigger than it is but if you compare beak to eye/head size you might see what i mean. To compare better check the differences out below if you like or even compare these with my previous thornbill/LBSW post.
Vas is right they're all Brown Thornbills - Large-billed Scrubwrens are a different colour and are very plain, lacking the streaking, red eye, and rufous-scallopped forehead. The pale buff face of the LBSW really stands out against the rest of the body, something not present here. The angle of the bill is tricking you Devster.
Beautiful quality photography there Vas. Annie Warneke clarity! What equipment did you use?
Thanks I use an Olympus E-M1 + M.Zuiko 40-150mm f2.8 with MC-14 (1.4x) teleconverter (210mm f4). Not really a birding lens with a 420mm FF focal length equivalent but a good general wildlife lens until i await the release of the M.Zuiko 300mm f4 (600mm FF equivalent or 840mm with mc-14)
You have got some beauties there vas - really like the pose, composition and sharpness of #2.
#5 is a cute shot too, the little bird amongst those leaves.
Agree entirely with whistling duck. Great work!
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
They're great shots although the first 2 look like Large-Billed Scrub Wrens.
Longer bill plus lighter feet than the last 3 shots.
Happy to be corrected though.
I have to disagree, they are all brown thornbills in this thread. The head shape gives them away for me now after the post where i misatken the LBSW for Brown Thornbill. I had never seen a LBSW until that photo for that earlier thread so i thought it was a discoloured thornbill and was more confused as there was a thornbill with it and i thought a thornbill and LBSW would be aggressive in calls and behaviour towards each other but this wasn't the case.
Thornbills also have lighter feet as well as darker if you look at images on the net. The eyes on Brown Thornbills are very redish/brown while on LBSW they are darker and also Brown Thornbills have white edging on tail feathers as well as the streaking on breast and throat.
Also the poses make the bill look bigger than it is but if you compare beak to eye/head size you might see what i mean. To compare better check the differences out below if you like or even compare these with my previous thornbill/LBSW post.
brown thornbill
http://www.graemechapman.com.au/catalogue/ausbirds3274/t/xxx001.jpg
LBSW
http://www.raywilsonbirdphotography.co.uk/new_images/2014/Australia/Queensland/Julatten/2014-08-29_MG-0665.jpg
They are similar birds but the differences become more easily distinguished after more comparisons.
Link to my Flickr Account
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14869355@N07/
Very nice shots.
Vas is right they're all Brown Thornbills - Large-billed Scrubwrens are a different colour and are very plain, lacking the streaking, red eye, and rufous-scallopped forehead. The pale buff face of the LBSW really stands out against the rest of the body, something not present here. The angle of the bill is tricking you Devster.
Beautiful quality photography there Vas. Annie Warneke clarity!
What equipment did you use?
Samford Valley Qld.
I'd say you're right Owl. Especially in the first 2 photos.
I have trouble with Thornbills.
Means I should go out and photograph more of them so I get to know what they look like
lovely shots, great sharpness!
mike
Thank you all
Thanks
I use an Olympus E-M1 + M.Zuiko 40-150mm f2.8 with MC-14 (1.4x) teleconverter (210mm f4). Not really a birding lens with a 420mm FF focal length equivalent but a good general wildlife lens until i await the release of the M.Zuiko 300mm f4 (600mm FF equivalent or 840mm with mc-14)
Link to my Flickr Account
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14869355@N07/