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Waxeyes


Waxeyes
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Copyright: Nicki Mora (greychick) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 55 W: 0 N: 103] (611)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-25
Categories: Birds
Exposure: f/4, 1/160 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-21 3:47
Viewed: 397
Points: 2
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Im not a winter girl, really i'm not, but I would have to say that the one and only thing I look forward to about winter, is the little waxeyes that come out of the bush and spend the winter in my garden. Here are a couple taken outside on my lawn, how lucky am I.

Waxeyes/silvereyes: http://nzbirds.com/birds/tauhou.html

Tauhou, is a small olive–green forest bird with white rings around the eyes. They have a fine tapered bill and a brush tipped tongue like the Tui and Korimako, the bellbird, for drinking nectar. There are many species in Africa, southern Asia, and the south western Pacific, but it is the Tasmanian sub–Australian species which migrates to the eastern states of the Australian mainland in winter which colonised New Zealand.

Silvereyes were recorded in New Zealand as early as 1832 but it was not until 1856 that they arrived in very large numbers. It is assumed that a storm caught a migrating flock and diverted them here. The Maori name means “stranger”. Because the silver–eye colonised New Zealand naturally, it is classified as a native species and is therefore protected.
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Hi Nicki,
They are beautiful little birds aren't they?
I don't suppose you could have enlarged and cropped this any more? It looks as though you were some distance away.Those daisies and shiny grass are a nuisance sometimes too aren't they?

I went down to Blaketown lagoon to see if I could see the spoonbill today but there were only shags and a white heron.
I was pretty shocked at all the rubbish under that rail so I took a photo of it.
I think with your spoonbill photo and my rubbish photo we could possibly get that lagoon cleaned up.
I'd need to send them to Jo Keppel at the Messenger with a wee article though. What do ya reckon? She's pretty good with that sort of thing.
(Not sure if I'll go surfing tomorrow,given the weather,but you are welcome to come round for a cuppa if you like. Bring your new camera with you and we'll see what it can do)
Give me a ring when you can 768 9665
Cheers
Steve

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