Some birds of Oxley Common

gus

Black winged stilt




Alway heaps of Galahs flying over argueing over direction to fly.




The only bird i didnt know...looks like a honey eater of sorts...can any 0zzies help out ?




A Golden Headed Cistocola...& hes fully grown !!




A Variegated Fairy Wren



Got good focus but lost the shot to a blade of grass.

Harryb

Alway heaps of Galahs flying over argueing over direction to fly.

I love this shot. I wish I had taken it.

gus

Thanks harry,i nearly threw it , its a bit ordinary i think.... I had the polariser on & was lining something up when i heard 'em coming (they fight a lot on the wing...terrible swearing) & thus i was 2 stops behind the 8 ball.

If i had it sharper i would be happy. I think i will leave that CP off for birds & just use it on surfers. It really knocks an already slow lens to hell.

rahmonster

Nice shots Gus! There are a bunch of variagated fairy wrens and willy wag tails that live near me, they are always in my yard I love watching them.

I think you are being too critical of yourself...The Galahs are excellent They really are not the nicest sounding of fellows though are they?

Looks like you have had a good weekend to me

gus

Tks RM....got tomorrow off as well but i think we have some rain due. Our dams (brissy) are so so low ..we are starting to look like we are in big trouble here. They wont say how long the city has water for but the supply is heading towards being unpottable.

We need 2 weeks of solid rain.

rahmonster

Sorry to hear about that Gus. Sadly it's much the same everywhere at the moment. We haven't had any good solid rain yet but at least the grass is green again. I really hope things pick up soon.

ginger_55

Humungus wrote:

Thanks harry,i nearly threw it , its a bit ordinary i think.... I had the polariser on & was lining something up when i heard 'em coming (they fight a lot on the wing...terrible swearing) & thus i was 2 stops behind the 8 ball.

If i had it sharper i would be happy. I think i will leave that CP off for birds & just use it on surfers. It really knocks an already slow lens to hell.

I love flocks! I find them difficult to photograph no matter the bird type. I love your birds, never seen them before.

I don't have/use a polarizing filter. Sometimes I get excellent sky. I would put out the money if I wanted to see through water, only good reason I can think of.

I have trouble as the flock usually will underexpose (I have those from yesterday, will post later). I always keep the setting at -1 for Snowys, that under exposes the flock. Plus the DOF. Plus the small lens, many birds......

I just find them very difficult, am trying to practice. You did an excellent job, and it is an esthetic shot besides.

Oh, I soooooooo often forget to change to al servo, I always have it on the wrong one, whichever that is.

I wish I had taken it, too.

ginger

ginger_55

Oh, I love the little birds, too. Love that golden thing........all of them.

g

PossumCorner

Blue Wrens
Today I shot the "normal" fairy wren, we don't get the variegated ones: but mine are not worth post-worthy, nowhere close enough. The honey-eater or similar has beaten me, can't find it in three books/field guides. Maybe is juvenile and not in full bands yet: book it in for a sitting next year.

Water is a worry, in Melbourne we are on sort of restrictions, there is some in the dams but we are supposed to be practicing to leave some for the extra million migrants the govt wishes to bring into Melbourne for economic vibrancy or something. Don't know what they plan for them to drink, let alone wash themselves/clothes/cars. Quite insane, our resources can't support the population we have already dumped on them, without adding another million.

Your fairy wren is beautiful, and the grass fairly strategic. No wonder people put blue wrens into paintings and embroidery and stained glass work: they are too good not to copy.

Ric Grupe

I think....you're makin' these species up! You probably have a sophisticated graphics program that generates variations of these unlikely birds!! !!

Terrific shots, Gus.

GREAPER

Love seeing your birds Gus,

Ric may be right, you may be amaking them up.

Very cool birds, so different from ours.

gus

Thanks for stopping by & looking guys...i thought you just saw a bird/grab the camera & shot him ?

It appears to be a good deal harder than that. You really need strong light on those feathers.

Gus

gus

PossumCorner wrote:

The honey-eater or similar has beaten me, can't find it in three books/field guides. Maybe is juvenile and not in full bands yet: book it in for a sitting next year.

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PC...i dont have a bird book but saw a photo on the net that was very similar...can you look up 'Brown Honey' eater for me please ?

PossumCorner

Honey Eater
I thought maybe a Brown, except if juvenile it should have more yellow cast and if adult should have slightly more brown/yellow than grey. But it looks closer than most: also possibly a Dusky HE but again your's is more grey than soft brown. Location is okay for either.

I'll go back tomorrow (Cup Day, day off) and try again for the fairy wren and the platypus, they have a conspiracy those two, out of sight or out of range. It's a tiny lake but good birdlife now in the bush reserve. They've benefited from the Council trying to keep the platypus creek protected upstream, so now it empties clean into the lake. Win win for a change for the environment.