Brown Honeyeater

Gallery: AvianPosted November 11, 201386 views3 comments

At least I think that's what it is. I couldn't pinpoint this one in the field guide we were using, so I took the camera over the the Tyto Wetlands headquarters and one of the volunteers there said that's probably what it was. Any Aussie birders that think differently are welcome to chime in.

Interestingly, my wife spotted this nest right next to a blind in the wetlands and we saw two different species acting like they were both interested in using it. There were occasional spats and both arranged nesting material. I went back the next day, and it was just the other species (I'll post an image of it in a day or two).

7D, 300mm f4 + 1.4TC, hand held (backed into the far corner of the blind). f8, 1/1600, iso 500, Av mode with no compensation. Processed in CS6 and cropped to 15MP. Taken at the Tyto Wetlands in Ingham, QLD at 8:31 am on October 29th.

Comments and criticisms are most welcome.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on November 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM

The shot seems cluttered to me and I think the bird, being almost the same color as the foilage, just gets a little lost among the leaves and stems in this shot.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on November 13, 2013 at 10:13 PM

Hi Dennis

I find the natural habitat , and the large nest very interesting. looks like this bird is ready for a very large family

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 15, 2013 at 2:13 AM

Hi Dennis - nice capture. The Graceful HE usually has a yellowish ear patch. Looks a little like a Brown Honeyeater to me.

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