Wild Birds of Australia

Lyn2011 wrote in post #19423536
That's nearly winning the lottery, both of them in one photo, beautiful.

Thanks Lyn, I was a little disappointed that they did not have a juvenile with them to make a threesome, to complete the family.

Cheers

Dennis

Here we have a White-browed Scrubwren and a Yellow-Throated Scrubwren who are in constant motion, hopping around on the floor of rain forest. They often follow the larger Logrunners who turn over the forest floor litter, looking for bugs and insects.

They are incredibly difficult to get a good shot of due to their incessant and erratic hopping around, often obscured by twigs and roots.

Cheers

Dennis

nardes wrote in post #19423414
A female Regent Bowerbird and the stunningly coloured male below her, taken in the Lamington National Park.

Cheers

Dennis

Gallery photo (hosted):
posted by nardes originally in forum: Birds

Amazing how different they look.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19423555
Amazing how different they look.

Hi Levina

Good to see you are well enough to post - wishing you all the best.

Apparently, the female is more drab, making her more difficult to be seen by predators in the forest when sitting on the nest, rearing the chicks.

Meanwhile, the brightly coloured male can just flit around the forest canopy, strutting his stuff.

Cheers

Dennis

nardes wrote in post #19423559
Hi Levina

Good to see you are well enough to post - wishing you all the best.

Hi Dennis. Thank you so much for the kind words.

Apparently, the female is more drab, making her more difficult to be seen by predators in the forest when sitting on the nest, rearing the chicks.

Meanwhile, the brightly coloured male can just flit around the forest canopy, strutting his stuff.

Cheers

Dennis

And dazzle the females with his looks!

Strange, but it never occurred to me that females of certain bird species look drab for the reason you mention. It makes perfect sense, at least for species where the female sits on the nest. And especially when they nest on the ground, like pheasants e.g.

Was lucky to come across this Pacific Baza yesterday.

clipper_from_oz wrote in post #19423570
Was lucky to come across this Pacific Baza yesterday.

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And you're not even on the Pacific!

clipper_from_oz wrote in post #19423570
Was lucky to come across this Pacific Baza yesterday.

Pippan wrote in post #19423572
And you're not even on the Pacific!

A sign of global warming, if you ask me.

But a nice shot though, Clipper.

Intermediate Egret with Eel-tailed Catfish for dinner at Fogg Dam.

rawshorty wrote in post #19423517
I have not been on here for a while. Just been going through all the pics and there are many great photos I have missed.
Recently I took some snaps of a Tawny Frogmouth on nest but there were so many oof branches and a blown out sky so spent a while in Photoshop to create this image. " Howling at the moon "

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nGG​QDo tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) by shorty, on Flickr

WOW!! Amazing shot you came up with!!!

Darwin is in their normal range, nothing to do with global warming.

nardes wrote in post #19423414
A female Regent Bowerbird and the stunningly coloured male below her, taken in the Lamington National Park.

Cheers

Dennis

Gallery photo (hosted):
posted by nardes originally in forum: Birds

Really nice to see these together and such marked differences.
Lovely composition Dennis.
Looks like you had a great time with the birds there.

rawshorty wrote in post #19423517
I have not been on here for a while. Just been going through all the pics and there are many great photos I have missed.
Recently I took some snaps of a Tawny Frogmouth on nest but there were so many oof branches and a blown out sky so spent a while in Photoshop to create this image. " Howling at the moon "

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nGG​QDo tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) by shorty, on Flickr

Stunning photo Shorty

avondale87 wrote in post #19423709
Really nice to see these together and such marked differences.
Lovely composition Dennis.
Looks like you had a great time with the birds there.
>snip

Thanks Richard, these birds visit the O'Reilly's Resort in greater numbers in winter as the berries and fruit become scarce in the rain forest.

O'Reilly's conducts an early morning bird walk for guests at the resort and they have a Licence to feed the birds and this makes them much more accessible to photograph.

The bad news is that the guests then start feeding them bad food (bread, chips, etc.) from their balconies despite the plentiful signs asking them not to do so. As a result, other bird species have moved in, in larger numbers and have become a bit of a pest.

I still do not understand folks who feed wildlife even in plain sight of of large, legible signs pleading with them not to do so, printed in multiple languages.

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks, Richard.

Red wattle bird and Eastern rosella