Sunday, November 7, 2010

Brown-backed Honeyeaters in your face

 Hanging around nests for photographs isn't cool but when Brown-backed Honeyeaters (Ramsayornis modestus) start setting up house smack dab over the middle of the main Tyto entry track, well, what can you do?


Takes a bit more effort - and sets up more interesting images - to catch the bird at work elsewhere, above stripping nesting material from a small paperbark.


And here's another BB up a bit too close below the Tyto hide today.
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4 comments:

  1. mickNovember 8, 2010 at 9:49 AM

    Fascinating! Can you get another pic of the nest in a few more days to show how it progresses - or is it close to finished as is?

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  2. Tyto TonyNovember 8, 2010 at 12:05 PM

    Lot more work yet. If the vandals don't get to it I'll follow it up. The birds do sometimes quit building for a while, but can return to finish the job days, even weeks, later.

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  3. Mark YoungNovember 8, 2010 at 1:23 PM

    That's an impressive looking nest! Nice images Tony.

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  4. GouldiaeNovember 9, 2010 at 5:32 AM

    G'day Tony,
    If they're building directly over the track, they are showing off, so I don't reckon they'll mind being photographed. Great looking structure. They put some work into it, hey?
    Gouldiae

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