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New Holland Honeyeater

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Published: Apr 26, 2017

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Description

A Bird in the Hand...Part 1There are lots of birds that are common in South Australia that are given no second glance by the locals. However, those birds are new to me, and a challenge to capture on camera. Here are some of my attempts from my recent trip. The first is the New Holland honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandadiae). This is said to be the most common of the honeyeaters in South Australia, a small mainly black bird with white patches and yellow tufts to the rear. I tried unsuccessfully to capture shots of these fellows feeding on a bottle brush tree in the evening, but they were so fast and agile that by the time I had raised the camera, they were gone. I have subsequently found out that they can take less than 1 second to alight on a stem, insert their beaks, suck or lick out the nectar from a flower, and fly to the next twig. The morning after my failed attempts, I stood in a car park opposite the hotel and, dodging cars and people, watched a flock come in for breakfast nectar on the same group of

Image size

1337x1228px 1.3 MB

Make

Canon

Model

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Shutter Speed

1/250 second

Aperture

F/8.0

Focal Length

280 mm

ISO Speed

800

Date Taken

Mar 7, 2017, 8:00:30 AM

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amazing bird, amazing photo! 😊