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Scaly-breasted Munia


Scaly-breasted Munia
Photo Information
Copyright: Kedar Kulkarni (kedarkulkarni) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 148 W: 0 N: 187] (801)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon SX10 IS
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-07-31 1:26
Viewed: 486
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi Friends,

The story of the Red whiskered bulbuls and its eggs and kids continues. Once the baby bulbuls flew away, my kids removed its nest from that corner. We cleaned that corner but purposely kept the wires in unorganized manner. For last whole month there were no birds around that window.

But to my surprise on 19th July I saw the pairs of Bulbuls and these scaly breasted Munias visiting that place. I was excited to see those munias in the window. On 20th July the Red Whiskered Bulbul built a brand new nest in just one day. I thought we will have one more new Bulbul tenants now. But next few days not a single bird came in (non-office hours J ). Suddenly I saw these scaly breasted munias coming in and testing the nest by sitting in and adjusting few of the sticks. I am amazed with the symbiosis between the Bulbul and munia. From there onwards, they have modified the nest a lot. There are no eggs in there yet. But hope to see a new generation of these birds growing in this small nest.

These birds are shy than the Bulbuls so its getting tough to take their snaps. I have cropped these images to remove my window grills. Hope you will like it. Thanks for viewing. Have a great weekend!!!

More info @ the birds from WikiPedia
The Scaly-breasted Munia, Lonchura punctulata also known as Nutmeg Mannikin or Spice Finch is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines. The Scaly breasted Munia has been introduced in Puerto Rico and Hispaniola (Bond, James, Birds of the West Indies), where they are already widespread in lowland agricultural areas and are called pechijabao (A. Dod). Flocks of fifteen or more have been observed visiting bird feeders in Orange County, California, USA. It has also been introduced to Australia where it has a common to uncommon distribution along the east coast, from north of Townsville to south of Sydney (Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, Simpson,K and N.Day, 7th Edition, 2004).

Habitat
The Scaly-breasted Munia is a small gregarious bird which feeds mainly on seeds. It frequents open woodland and cultivation. The nest is a large domed grass structure in a tree or under the eaves of a house into which 4–10 white eggs are laid.

Characteristics
The Scaly-breasted Munia is 11–12cm in length. The adult has a stubby dark bill, brown upperparts and darker brown head. The underparts are white with black scale markings. The sexes are similar, but immature birds have pale brown upperparts, lack the darker head and have uniform buff underparts.
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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 647 W: 15 N: 1589] (6203)
  • [2009-07-31 2:08]

Hello Kedar
Nice and beautiful bird. Well done
Regards
Razvan

nice captures of the pretty bird and a great story behind them, cool to have the nest built by other birds.
looking forward to the nesting and breeding progress & best wishes, thor.

Hi Kedar,

As you say neighbour, this is a good presentation of the birds. A nice POV, good focus showing fine detail in the plumage. Good colours, and background. Only slight gripe, the diagonal branch to the top left is slight distracting. Excellent note.

TFS and your remarks, regards Bill

Hi Kedar,

Both fotos are nice and sharp and show the detail well even although the lighting is from the back.

Robin

Hi Kedar,

Wonderful macro shot of Red Bulbul...it is simply awesome! I love the colors of the Bulbul.
The sharpness is just perfect with great POV. The collage is good idea to show two different positions of the bird. Well done!

Thanks for sharing.

regards,
Paras Bhalla

Grt clear and detailed snap of the muniya.The story about the nest is amazing. grt work. Hope some day u will capture the snaps of eggs, hatching muniya. and lil ones. thanks

Hello Kedar,
a splendid 50th picture with a very beautiful collage to show perfectly the Scaly-breasted Munia, very good sharpness and very beautiful natural colours.
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 598 W: 0 N: 523] (3096)
  • [2009-07-31 8:27]

Hallo Kedar,

An interesting collage we present today.
Congratulations and expect and more.
Have a nice day,
Adrian

Hello Kedar,

A great capture with beautiful colors, patterns, sharpness & details. Well done & TFS.

Regards

Umar

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2388 W: 94 N: 5521] (17576)
  • [2009-07-31 11:07]

Hello Kedar,
Although there's a bit of noise in the BG of the left photo, this is a beautiful presentation of the Scaly-breasted Munia. Good POV, natural colours, composition and OOF BG.
Regards,
Peter

Witaj Kedar
I began from reading of Your note. Very interesting. Aves has pretty colours. Sharp photo. Blurred background. Aves is impressive! Your pictures please me very.
Gratulacje i pozdrowienia - Roma

Kedar,
What software did you use to make this assemblage/collage???
Very well done, indeed.
My e-mail: aires.mario@gmail.com
This fellow was "posing" just for you.
Regards from Canada from,
Mario.

Hi Kedar

Great story, I wonder what will happen next!!
Good close up shots of this small finch. Good sharpness and details.

Chris

Namaste Kedar,
Two great shot of this beauty in all around.
Each one is perfectly composed and focused with nice lighting MF!
TFS and cheers,
Bayram

Hi Kedar

Very nice captures of these beautiful birds, in natural light. Good observations of natural history!

TFS
Ravi

Hello Kedar
you showing us here, a very attractiv bird, and you tell us a beautiful story
ilike to see two different view of this Munia
great colors and wonderful details
Have a great sunday
Jacqueline

Hello Kedar,
Excellent close up of a little beauty.fantastic colors and excellent sharpness.
Regards
Nazir

I've never seen this bird, Kedar!
What an awesome collage!
Bravo!
Goldy

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1339 W: 0 N: 2575] (9083)
  • [2009-08-05 5:38]

Hi Kedar,
such a beautiful shot of the bird. Well taken in sharpness nd clarity. The colours are well balanced giving this shot a very lovely and exciting presentation.
Really a cute species and superbs pose.

Regards,
Foozi

Hi Kedar,
Interesting pair of shots about a nice bird I never heard before. Great playing with lights and shadows, and I especially like the eye-contact on the left and the portrait pose on the right image. Well done MF, tfs.
Best regards from Hungary, László

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