Crescent Honeyeater

Gallery: AvianPosted November 10, 2013593 views3 comments

I'm fairly certain this is a female Crescent Honeyeater (any Aussies confirm if you can) captured on the flower spike of a yakka or grass tree in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 80-400 @ 400mm, 1/500th @ f/8, ISO 800, handheld

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 10, 2013 at 7:16 PM

Having just returned from Queensland, I'll have to admit that your Honeyeaters are as bad as our Warblers, but your identification looks good from the field guide I picked up there. Nice image with a sweet pose and bg. I might be tempted to rotate the image to straighten the flower spike, though I suspect it wasn't vertical in reality.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 11, 2013 at 12:48 AM

Very nice little bird - I'd wish to see a larger image posted as well.
Nice detail, true colours, and interesting flower spike.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 15, 2013 at 2:07 AM

Spot on Neale - nice pose and setting

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