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Brown Honeyeater


Brown Honeyeater
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Copyright: Richard Cridland (rcrick) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 627 W: 42 N: 1153] (3730)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-03-30
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 5D, Sigma 50-500mm 4.6-6.3 APO DG HSM, SanDisk Ext. III 1GB, Hoya 86mm UV
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/80 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): My Backyard Birds [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-04-06 21:09
Viewed: 546
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A new addition to the garden in the last couple of days has been a pair of Brown Honeyeater’s.

The Brown Honeyeater is a medium-small pale grey-brown honeyeater with a distinctive yellow tuft behind its eye. It also has yellow to olive wing patches and tail panels. It is pale grey below, darker olive brown above and has a long curved black bill. Young birds are paler with more yellow coloring and a yellow gape (open bill). It has a fast, undulating flight and is seen either singly, in pairs or small flocks in flowering trees and shrubs.

It is widespread in Australia, from south-western Australia across the Top End to Queensland, and through New South Wales on the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range to Swansea in the Hunter Region.

Nomadic or partly nomadic in response to flowering of food plants. Some seasonal movements in parts of its range.

The Brown Honeyeater feeds on nectar and insects, foraging at all heights in trees and shrubs. It may be seen in mixed flocks with other honeyeaters.

During the breeding season, male Brown Honeyeaters defend a nesting territory by singing from tall trees and they stand guard while the female builds the nest and lays the eggs. The small neat cup-nest is made from fine bark, grasses and plant down, bound with spider’s web, and is slung by the rim in a shrub, fern or tree at up to 5 m from the ground and is usually very well-hidden by thick foliage. Only the female incubates, but both sexes feed the young. Nest predators include Pied Currawongs, snakes and cats. Brush Cuckoos, Pallid Cuckoos, Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoos and Shining Bronze-Cuckoos will parasitise nests.

Land-clearing in the Western Australian wheatbelt has reduced suitable Brown Honeyeater habitat, but they often occur elsewhere in urban and farmland habitats. Around Sydney, populations declined between the 1950s and 1990s, but they appear to be on the increase again.

Link:- http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/finder/display.cfm?id=143

Details, Shot Raw converted to Jpeg, cropped and reduced in size sharpened slightly, and soft border added for posting.

Camera Model Canon EOS 5D
Shooting Date/Time 30/03/2008 11:15:48 AM
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/80
Av( Aperture Value ) 9.0
Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average Metering
Exposure Compensation +1/3
ISO Speed 400
Lens 50.0 - 500.0 mm
Focal Length 500.0 mm
Image Size 724x794
Image Quality Superfine
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode AI Focus AF
Picture Style Neutral
Sharpness 5
Contrast 2
Saturation 2
Color tone 1
Color Space sRGB
Noise Reduction On
File Size 191 KB
Custom Function C.Fn:00-0
Drive Mode Continuous shooting
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  • Art_R Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 199 W: 16 N: 478] (1975)
  • [2008-04-06 21:17]

Hi Richard , a nice shot of this Honeyeater , very nice natural colors , I enjoy seeing photos from clear around the world , thanks for sharing it.

regards

Art

Lovely bird and good shot.

Andrea

Hi Richard

Quite a good shot of this honeyeater in dappled light.
Good comosition and exposure is good considering all the brights spots in the scene.

Chris

Hi Rick
Very nice composition of this Honey Eater in natural settings of your garden.Quite a few varieties have visited your backyard and you have captured each one with great detail and color. tfs jon

What an unusual looking specimen. the markings by the eye are distinctive as is the bill. I thought at first it was some sort of hummingbird...there is a 'semblence...nicely done! Richard! Top of the morning to you..
bob

hello Richard, very nice focus on the bird with a lovely flower. Composition is well adjusted. The light looks like a difficult exposure due to the bright light patches, but you’ve exposed the bird quite well. Tfs rgds Necip

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2466 W: 168 N: 7458] (23564)
  • [2008-04-08 9:48]

Hello Rick,
Excellent shot of this little Honeyeater by a very pretty flower! In spite of the bright light you've done very well with the bird showing up clearly against the green leaves. Sharp details and good colours in this fine composition.
TFS and regards, ULla

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-07-15 8:15]

Hello Richard

Excellent pov for this one.The details are wonderful.
Very good eye contact.
The beak shows really well.
Well captured in a lovely setting.
TFS


Rob

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